A landslide Friday sent mud into the streets of a Rome suburb, engulfing
houses inhabited by poor people and immigrants not far from the Vatican, police
said.
Rescuers were searching the area for any casualties after neighbors reported
hearing screams, the ANSA news agency reported.
Most of a hill in the Aurelio district, a suburb between the Vatican and
Rome’s city limits, collapsed under heavy rain and swallowed up the homes.
Officials said many of the inhabitants are believed to be Roma, also known as
gypsies.
