Mudslides in southern Italy kill 3 people (AP)

AP – Torrential rain battered eastern Sicily on Wednesday, where mudslides have killed at least three people and muddy torrents have swept away cars and washed out bridges, authorities said.

Cars are stucked in the mud in Scarcelli Saponara near Messina, southern Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. Torrential rain on Wednesday battered eastern Sicily, where flood-triggered mudslides have killed at least three people. Much of Italy's terrain is landslide-prone, and many build homes on steep hillsides in defiance of warnings by geologists. Flooding in Messina in 2009 claimed 37 lives.  (AP Photo/Carmelo Imbesi)AP – Torrential rain battered eastern Sicily on Wednesday, where mudslides have killed at least three people and muddy torrents have swept away cars and washed out bridges, authorities said.


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