Naples, Italy  - A landslide swept a 15-year-old girl to her death and injured 20 people on the southern Italian Mediterranean island of Ischia on Tuesday, media reports said.

Emergency services pulled 15 people alive from the mound of earth that buried 50 cars on a parking lot near the port of Casamicciola.

Rescuers were still searching for people who might be trapped in the landslide, caused by a chunk of earth breaking off from a mountain ridge.

It was not clear whether heavy rainfall over the past few days caused the landslide. (dpa)