(ANSA) - BERLIN, NOVEMBER 28 - "It is with great dismay that I follow the news of the bad weather disaster and related landslides in Ischia".
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel declares it on her official website.
"I know the island well, I am fond of it and its people. I am in mourning with them for the victims and my thoughts go to their families, to all the people affected by the disaster and to the rescuers", adds Merkel who usually spends the of his holidays right on the island of Ischia.
(HANDLE).