Natural disasters, avoidable or unpredictable?

We've all seen the images. And they are incredible. Like many natural disasters. On 25 January, Niscemi, a small Sicilian town, split in two, after the torrential rains associated with Storm Harry, leaving a scar several kilometres long. We saw roads collapsing, cars vanishing, houses left hanging on the edge of a void. More than 1,600 people were evacuated. In the Guardian article, we are reminded that this was not the first time. We are told that the very same area had already slid in the ...