Severe storms in Sicily cause part of plateau to give wayListen to this articleA drone picture shows houses perched along the edge of a cliff after a landslide in Niscemi on the Italian island of Sicily, on Jan 27, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)NISCEMI, Italy - Homes in the Sicilian town of Niscemi have been left teetering on the edge of a cliff after a landslide that was triggered by a storm, Italy’s civil protection chief said on Tuesday. Niscemi, a town of about 25,000 in south-central Sicily, sits on a plateau that authorities say is gradually collapsing toward the plain below. In Niscemi, the sudden evacuations have fuelled anxiety and anger among residents, some of whom say earlier landslides went unaddressed. “We had the first landslide 30 years ago, and no one ever did anything.”
