DOZENS FEARED DEAD FOLLOWING SCILIAN MUDSLIDES

The number of people killed in mudslides caused by heavy rains in southern Italy is likely rise to 50 as rescuers still for some 40 people still missing after the country's worst mudslides for 10 years. Twenty-one deaths and 80 injuries have been confirmed since torrential rains caused violent mudslides around the Sicilian city of Messina early Friday. The mudslides swept away cars, toppled buildings and blocked transport links.