Landslide in La Spezia, Italy, Sweeps Away Parked Cars

A retaining wall gave way on Via Volta in the Italian port city of La Spezia on Thursday evening, Nov. 12, 2026, and part of the hillside slid onto a parking area, burying several parked cars. Rai News, part of Italy's state broadcaster RAI, said firefighters were checking whether anyone had been caught in the slide. The collapse left two buildings nearly suspended over the void, the Italian newspaper La Nazione reported, and rescuers had initially feared people were buried in mud and debris until a search by canine units ruled that out.

The landslide came as the same multi-day storm continued to drench northwestern Italy, with two days of rain reaching as much as 200 to 300 millimeters, La Nazione said. Flooding tied to the same storm had already isolated villages in Tuscany's Serchio and Garfagnana valleys earlier that day. Rivers including the Carrione and the Parmignola flooded in the province of Massa Carrara. Heavy rain in upper Versilia, in neighboring Tuscany, left a trail of landslides and interrupted roads, the newspaper said.