Landslide kills at least seven on Italy's Ischia island

Rescue team members remove a car from the water following a landslide on the Italian holiday island of Ischia, Italy November 27, 2022. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

CASAMICCIOLA TERME, Italy (Reuters) -At least seven people, including a newborn baby and two children, were killed on the southern Italian holiday island of Ischia after a landslide caused by torrential rain devastated a small town, an official said on Sunday.

Five people were still missing, Naples prefect Claudio Palomba told a news conference. Dozens of emergency workers rushed to the island while rescue divers searched the waters off the coast, he said.