On 26 Novmeber 2022, a substantial debris flow, now termed the Casamicciola landslide<\/a>, was triggered by heavy rainfall on the island of Ischia in Italy.\u00a0 This landslide, which killed 12 people and injured several more, has been described in an initial but rigorous analysis (Romeo et al.<\/em> 2023<\/a>) published in the journal Landslides<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n The analysis shows that the landslide had a volume of about 40,000 cubic metres, which is very large for a landslide through an urban area.\u00a0 There is excellent data on the landslide, including field mapping, remotely sensed data, high quality rainfall records from nearby and a seismic record that has captured the landslide movement.\u00a0 The authors have analysed 16 years of rainfall records, from 2006 to 2022.\u00a0 The rainfall event that triggered the landslide, was 176.8 mm in 24 hours, the highest total in the record.\u00a0 The second highest value, 111 mm in 24 hours in 2009, also triggered extensive landslides on Ischia.<\/p>\n There is a very interesting drone video on Youtube that shows the track of the landslide<\/a>:-<\/p>\n