13 missing on Italian island after landslide (+VIDEO)

In Casamicciola Terme, on the north of the island, "a landslide engulfed a house, and searches are underway for possible missing persons", the fire service said in a first update.

The ANSA and AGI news agencies later reported that 13 people were missing after the early morning landslide, which began above the small town and reached the seafront.

Among them was a family comprising a husband and wife and a newborn baby who lived near where the landslide began, according to ANSA.