Living on the Edge: The Niscemi Landslide Crisis

The evacuation of over 1,500 residents was a logistical feat of necessity and desperation. Emergency sirens echoed through the mist as Civil Protection volunteers moved from door to door, urging families to take only what they could carry. The scale of the displacement has turned local schools and gymnasiums into makeshift refugee centers, filled with the elderly and young children who have been uprooted from the only homes they have ever known.