Seven bodies found in mud and debris after landslide on Italian island

People remove mud and debris after heavy rainfall triggered a massive landslide (Salvatore Laporta/AP)

Italian search teams have recovered the bodies of seven people, including a three-week-old baby and a pair of young siblings, who were buried in mud and debris that hurtled down a mountainside and through a city on the resort island of Ischia.

The Naples prefect confirmed that five people remained missing and are feared buried under the debris of the enormous landslide that struck Casamicciola before dawn on Saturday. Its force collapsed buildings and pushed vehicles into the sea.