Rain in Italy caused a wall in the ancient city of Pompeii to fall down (Rosie Scammel '
Pompeii wall collapses amid heavy rain', The Local 05 Feb 2015). The collapse of the wall in the Garden of Severus is is the latest in a series of weather-related collapses at the country’s most celebrated archaeological site.
Last year parts of the Temple of Venus and other Pompeii walls were damaged by rainfall.
The Italian authorities have been criticized for being woefully slow in implementing restoration plans.
They quite clearly have not the capabilities to look after what they have and the best hopes for some objects may be to release them to be looked after by private collectors. Unesco has also weighed into the debate, threatening in 2013 to scrap Pompeii from its prestigious World Heritage list if measures were not taken to save the ancient site.
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