Part of a town in Sicily is teetering on a cliff’s edge, days after a landslide cut a wide chasm that destroyed buildings and threatened to swallow more, including structures in the historic city centre. “We are in a movie, in a horror film, it’s still all up in the air,” said Stefania Di Giovanni, who lives a kilometre from the edge. The hilltop town of Niscemi on the island of Sicily has evacuated some 1,500 people following a 4km-long landslide. Firefighters help evacuees to rescue parrots from a house in Niscemi, Sicily, on January 29th, 2026. Collapsed houses following the landslide in Niscemi, Sicily.

Source: The Irish Times January 30, 2026 01:21 UTC