On Saturday night, media reports said that Thirteen people were missing after heavy rains caused a landslide on the Italian island of Ischia.
In Casamicciola Terme, a landslide in the north of the island engulfed a house, and searches are under way for possible missing persons, the fire service said in a first update.
The news agencies of AGI and the ANSA reported that 13 people were missing after the early morning landslide that began above the small town and reached the seafront.
A family of a husband and a wife and a newborn baby who lived close to where the landslide began, according to ANSA.
The mud dragged cars down the hill, with at least one vehicle swept into the sea, from which two people were rescued, the fire service confirmed.
Local authorities have asked residents of Ischia, located off the coast of Naples, to stay inside so as not to hinder the rescue operation.
In 2017, two people died in the Casamicciola Terme, which was hit by an earthquake.