A landslide is underway on
Mount Corno and "lacking immediate intervention, we may lose the
town of Ortolano", Campotosto mayor Luigi Cannavicci said on
Friday.
He was refering to a ridge that might break off from the
mountain on which Ortolano lies at a height of 1,000 meters.
The town is a suburb of Campotosto, at 1,400 meters, from
which a landslide began two days ago after an earthquake. It
killed Enrico De Dominicis, whose body was recovered on Friday.
Some 21 inhabitants of the area who had been trapped in their
homes were rescued by helicopter on Thursday.
"The mayor has inspected by helicopter the top of Mt Corno
under which is the hamlet of Ortolano, and he has confirmed the
alarm for the ongoing landslide which could trigger another
avalanche," said Campotosto public works chief Maria Rita
Rascelli. There's a four out of five risk, intervention is
needed".
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