Video: Tornado Hits ILVA Steel Works in Taranto
As if a possible closure leaving 20,000 families without an income were not enough, the controversial ILVA steelworks in Taranto, Italy was struck by a major tornado today, as these videos show. According to Italian media reports, the whirlwind may have claimed 3 lives, injured 20, damaged Taranto and sections of the ILVA steel plant. Six of […]
Costa Concordia Disaster: List of Passengers and Crew Still Missing
A list of Costa Concordia passengers and crew who remain missing from Italian newspaper Il Messeggero today. It is to be hoped the people on the list are safe and sound, but seeing as the disaster occurred at the weekend, hopes they will be found alive are fading. The official Costa Concordia disaster death toll […]
Genoa Floods
After the Cinque Terre area of Ligura in Italy suffered extensive damage caused by flash flooding, it’s the city of Genoa’s turn to be battered by torrential rains today. The rain has caused extensive flooding and loss of life. The flood waters have reached the apartment block in Genoa in which my in-laws live […]
Cinque Terre Floods
You may have heard that the popular tourist destination of the Cinque Terre, Liguria in Italy has been extensively damaged as a result of recent flooding. The Cinque Terre villages of Monterosso and Vernazza were particularly badly hit. Here are a couple of videos which show the extent of the damage. The first short video […]
List of the Deceased, Abruzzo Earthquake, Italy
It is still not clear how many victims the recent earthquake which hit the Italian city of L’Aqulia and the surrounding area in Abruzzo will claim, however some of the comments left on another of my posts on this tragedy left me thinking that a list of the deceased might be useful.
Earthquake L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy
It hit at around 3 in the morning and left death and destruction in its wake. Thousands have lost their homes, over 150 have lost their lives and some 250 are still unaccounted for.