STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR SICILY, CALABRIA MUDSLIDES
Rome, February 19 - The Italian government on Friday declared a state of emergency in areas of Sicily and Calabria hit by mudslides this week.
The order came as thousands of people forced to leave their homes this week by an onslaught of mud and debris that flowed off hillsides in both regions destroying homes and buildings, turned their thoughts to rebuilding. Over 3,000 people in the Nebrodi region of northeastern Sicily, where some 1,500 were evacuated from the town of San Fratello.
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