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    Italy: Search for survivors in mud-filled villages

    AULLA, Italy (AP) — Soldiers and civilian rescue workers battled knee-deep mud Thursday as they searched for survivors after flash floods and mudslides inundated picturesque villages around coastal areas of Liguria and Tuscany.

    Coast guard cutters were also called in following reports that some of the missing may have been swept into the sea by the fury of the storm. At least nine people died and six others are missing.

    Many towns are still isolated nearly 48 hours after the storms hit. A military officer told Sky Italia that 500 soldiers were brought in to help in the search operation and to clear roads and bridges.

    Villages like Aulla in Tuscany, where two people are confirmed dead and one is listed as missing, were covered by mud that swept into homes and stores and caked parked cars.

    "In an hour, the work of 10 years was lost," the Rev. Giovanni Perrini said as he inspected his parish church and nearby museum filled with mud.

    In Borghetto Vara, a woman whose house was destroyed recovered her five kittens from the mud. "It is all that I have left, I have nothing else," the unidentified woman told the ANSA news agency.

    Six of the victims came from Borghetto Vara, a village in Liguria known for its grapes, wines and chestnuts. Roiling waters and mud tore through the village, 45 miles (75 kilometers) from Genoa and near the Cinque Terre, a popular vacation area, which also sustained damage.

    Schools, businesses and stores were closed in many villages, railroad service was interrupted and the highway linking Genoa and Livorno was blocked.

    "Everything was coming down," said Luigi Ribes, a resident of Mulazzo, one of the hard-hit towns. "I was seeing stones, trees, and every possible thing pass by."

    Mulazzo's former mayor, Roberto Malaspina, said three bridges in town were damaged, with two of them left impassible and the third accessible only by foot. The damage to the town's roads and houses amounted to "an apocalypse."

     

    34 comments

    • A Yahoo! User  •  7 mths ago
      Pray for the people in Italy.
      • mr.real 7 mths ago
        Amici italiano... Sono state in italia molto volte, e mi dispiage per questa cosa terribile e grave! ,,, dio benedetto!
      • mr.real 7 mths ago
        Yes ..i am sick of it.. Seems they have nothing better to do as to waste time trying us to do something we don t want.. Sound familiarlike? Like senior obumo?
      • mr.real 7 mths ago
        Notice that i have to write very quiclly because they watch what i wtite and quickly remove it like irs an accident.. The accident was when they were dropped on their heads as children
    • r.c.  •  7 mths ago
      Our hearts and prayers are with you. May God bless and keep you safe & help you to recover from this.
    • Brent  •  Phoenix, United States  •  7 mths ago
      My prayers are with you!
    • SUNSHINE PREVAILS  •  7 mths ago
      Be safe, my fellow ITALIANS!
    • damage done  •  7 mths ago
      Did you know that you can now share your location with each comment and make it more interesting? What is up with that Yahoo? It is getting real old fast
      • POOR WHITE TRASH 7 mths ago
        Its so yahoo can tell Obama what you say about him and right where you live
    • Maureen  •  7 mths ago
      She lost everything she owns but managed to get her 5 kittens out of the mud? For some reason, that put a big smile on my face.
    • Killuminati  •  7 mths ago
      Awful. I hope nobody else died and they can soon restore the beauty those villages always held.
    • Yankee  •  7 mths ago
      I have been to this area recently and will be back in a week; Fantastic people and the area is very beautiful. The terrain which makes it so beautiful is also why it can be so dangerous. I wish everyone affected the best; see you in a week.
      • mr.real 7 mths ago
        Yankee... i agree.. it is beahtiful.. My niece and her husband are there now and I will get a report from them soon..Yes it is a tragedy because there us so much work that will need to be done to bring it cack to where it was.. God be with them!
    • Doug J  •  Baltimore, United States  •  7 mths ago
      I wish my Italian friends all the best.YOU are always welcome here, in the U.S.
      • Happy Hawaii Haole 7 mths ago
        All except that lying, con Prosecutor Amanda Knox had to deal with! He can stay in Italy tyvm.
    • Tranquilo  •  Albuquerque, United States  •  7 mths ago
      That's one hell of a storm. Sorry for the innocents.
      • mr.real 7 mths ago
        Yes. and if any of you ever been to taly you will know what a beautifu area that is.. so sad.. god help them!
    • Royal Ron  •  San Francisco, United States  •  7 mths ago
      Another natural disaster!
    • It's Johnny Crash  •  Indianapolis, United States  •  7 mths ago
      Put the prisoners to work -- shovels, guards and all. Some community service time will reduce their sentences. We've got 20 million tons of trash headed to the west coast. Great time to put the military to work guarding the prisoners cleaning up that mess and remilling it. Else stay in your cells and rot.
    • Independant Thinker  •  7 mths ago
      Just horrible. I hope they can find the missing and begin to rebuild soon.
    • 65BETO  •  New York, United States  •  7 mths ago
      mother nature is blind. i hate to see this region of Italy like this.
    • Tiger's Wood  •  7 mths ago
      uomini,mi dispiace questa! A CURA!
    • bugaloo79  •  7 mths ago
      Why is it that the stupidest people always feel compelled to weigh in with their lame attempts at wisecracks when people somewhere else (esp. in a foreign country, which is a concept they REALLY can't grasp) suffer a tragedy? Yet you know these moronic posters would be wailing "Why meeeeeeeee?!??? It's so unfair!!! THIS is SERIOUS!" if something bad actually happened to them.
    • D. Saster!  •  7 mths ago
      Mamma Mia, that ah was some ah spicy rainah storm!!
    • dong suk  •  San Francisco, United States  •  7 mths ago
      i hope snookie and the situation are alright
    • Walt  •  7 mths ago
      I can't understand, Italy makes one of the most nicest things that people buy, and the mob makes tons of money, why don't they invest in fixing their country, but you'll invest in meatballs and pasta, and guns to wack paulie with, you guys got your priorities all wrong!!
    • Unstable Warrior  •  7 mths ago
      i love italians, GODS BLESSINGS GOES TO YOU
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