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Landslides turn Amalfi Coast deadly as Italy sits tight (CBC)
Apr 16, 2016 12:30 PM ET
Long a tourist mecca, clear cutting and climate change are eroding UNESCO heritage site
When health inspector Raffaele Mansi dropped off his daughter at her barista job in a tiny town on Italy's Amalfi Coast, he could hardly imagine that an hour later she would be swept out from behind the café's counter by a massive torrent of mud and lost to him forever.
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The Amalfi Coast has long been a mecca for writers, movie stars and honeymooners. Gore Vidal wrote in a sumptuous villa perched high in the town of Ravello. D.H. Lawrence and Richard Wagner found inspiration here. Greta Garbo took refuge in its hills.
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Climate change has brought more frequent bursts of torrential rainfall, like the one that triggered the mudslide that killed Francesca Mansi.
Yet, Italy's leading geologists say, investment in preventing natural disasters in this UNESCO heritage site is woefully lacking.
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Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/amalfi-coast-landslides-climate-change-italy-1.3534598
Long a tourist mecca, clear cutting and climate change are eroding UNESCO heritage site
When health inspector Raffaele Mansi dropped off his daughter at her barista job in a tiny town on Italy's Amalfi Coast, he could hardly imagine that an hour later she would be swept out from behind the café's counter by a massive torrent of mud and lost to him forever.
<snip>
The Amalfi Coast has long been a mecca for writers, movie stars and honeymooners. Gore Vidal wrote in a sumptuous villa perched high in the town of Ravello. D.H. Lawrence and Richard Wagner found inspiration here. Greta Garbo took refuge in its hills.
<snip>
Climate change has brought more frequent bursts of torrential rainfall, like the one that triggered the mudslide that killed Francesca Mansi.
Yet, Italy's leading geologists say, investment in preventing natural disasters in this UNESCO heritage site is woefully lacking.
cont'd...
Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/amalfi-coast-landslides-climate-change-italy-1.3534598
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Was there/here 32 years ago tomorrow, on our honeymoon:
