My wife has relatives in Calabria that were affected by these mudslides.
A massive mudslide has swept through an Italian town after heavy rains saturated the ground.
Footage of the slide was captured in the town of Maierato, in the region of Calabria.
Around 200 residents of the southern Italian town were evacuated after the enormous landslide tore down pylons and wrecked buildings.No deaths or injuries have been reported.
According to an initial investigation made by Italian civil defence officials, the landslide could have been caused by heavy rains in the Calabria region.
Local residents had to be evacuated and taken to the police school of Vibo Valentia, the closest city.
The events in Maierato are surrounded by more than 100 smaller landslides in the Calabria region – all caused by heavy rains, according to reports in Italy.
The country has a history of terrifying landslides. In October 2009, 29 people were killed in the Sicilian city of Messina and a state of emergency was declared by the Italian government.
