Fourteen people have left their homes in Piano di Sorrento after a landslide affected the tuff cliff above the Marina di Cassano seaside area.
The evacuation involved four apartments in a nineteenth-century building on via Marina di Cassano, near civic number 64. According to Il Mattino, the apartments were damaged, forcing 14 residents to leave.
Firefighters intervened on site, alongside municipal technicians and local Carabinieri.
Where the evacuation happened
Marina di Cassano is the seaside hamlet and waterfront area of Piano di Sorrento. The town sits on a plateau overlooking the sea, surrounded by hills and deep ravines.
The evacuated building is located below or near the affected tuff cliff above the seaside village.
A known risk for the area
Piano di Sorrento has experienced another documented tuff-slope collapse and residential evacuation in the past.
A 2018 report described a previous collapse of a tuff slope in Piano di Sorrento that also led to evacuations, inspections by firefighters and municipal authorities, and access restrictions at that time.
That precedent does not establish the cause or likely progression of the current smottamento, but it places the latest evacuation in a local context where cliff instability has previously affected homes.
What is not yet verified
The available report does not establish the full geological cause or expected progression of the current landslide.
No verified information has been reported on how long the evacuation will last or where the 14 residents were accommodated.
The available sources also do not report a completed structural-safety assessment or a timetable for re-entry into the four damaged apartments.
