A 4 km-long landslide The landslide in Sicily forced the evacuation of over 1,000 people.

A devastating 4 km long landslide forced more than 1,000 people to evacuate an idyllic Sicilian town.

A shocking aerial view shows the southern mountain town of Nissemi standing precariously on the edge of a cliff with many buildings dangerously close to collapsing.

The deep ditch and large pieces of earth in the surrounding fields illustrate the scale of the landslide.

There has been no report of any death or injury since the incident on Sunday.

Regional president Renato Schifani estimates losses totalling 740 million euros (£640 million).

According to the city’s mayor, Massimiliano Conti, heavy rains over the past few days have caused landslides.

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Conti called the situation “dire,” adding: “The situation continues to worsen, as even more deterioration has been recorded.”

Schools were forced to close their doors on Monday and Contee said the city was working to restore order.

Local authorities are said to be working with police, fire and civil defence units to prepare an action plan.

Officials said all residents within a four-kilometre radius of the landslide had been evacuated.

The displaced locals have reportedly been moved to a temporary shelter set up in Pio la Torre Sports Hall in Nissemi.

Hundreds of camp beds have been brought in from Palermo to aid efforts.

And according to L’Union Sarda, 70 volunteers are helping authorities deal with the fallout at the landslide site.

Sicily’s coastal areas were hit by Hurricane Harry last week, with heavy rains affecting coastal roads and housing.

The ground condition had reportedly deteriorated due to heavy rains in the area, which led to the landslide.

Just days earlier, Hurricane Harry caused further devastation in Sicily when a landslide at a cemetery caused coffins to fall down a cliff.

About 20 coffins fell into a ravine beneath a cliffside cemetery in Croton.

Mayor Levino Rajani said the damage to the San Mauro Marchesato cemetery is a “deep wound” to the community.

“It is a wound that affects the memory, honour and dignity of our loved ones, causing endless pain,” he said.

He said skilled climbers would recover the coffins as soon as it was safe to do so.

Sicilians had to flee for their lives from a huge storm-tossed wave that slammed straight into the harbour, while two people died in Greece and Malta as wild weather ravaged Europe.

Hurricane Harry hits an Italian island with severe weather, leading to a state of emergency.

Last Tuesday, a street in Letoganni, north of Catania, was inundated with floodwaters that looked like a tidal wave, with the waves engulfing everything.

Loose garbage bags were the first to be swept away by the storm, followed by chairs and heavy plant pots.

In another video from Messina, huge waves are flooding the coastal city, coming straight from the sea.