[Judy Woodruff, Cnn Anchor:] Italy's prime minister Monday promised a full investigation into Sunday's disaster at a campground for the disabled. At least, 12 are dead and 22 others injured after flash flooding in the southern town of Soverato. CNN Rome bureau chief Gayle Young has more.
[Gayle Young, Cnn Correspondent:] As the death toll mounts in southern Italy, so, too, does criticism over the country's lax building codes believed ultimately responsible for the disaster. Rescue workers are still sifting through tons of mud and debris, trying to account for the missing. Officials say a torrent of water engulfed the campsite where dozens of handicapped campers, some of whom were confined to wheelchairs, and their caregivers were sleeping in rickety wooden bungalows.
[Egidio Vitale, Camp Director:] I was one of the lucky ones. I reached the roof and was surrounded for four hours by water.
[Young:] Deadly mudslides have become a yearly phenomenon in parts of Italy. Geologists say illegal construction is eroding hillsides. Critics wonder how a campsite was allowed on a narrow stream bed. Since the camp's records were washed away, authorities don't know for sure how many people were at the site when it was hit by the flood before dawn Sunday. Anxious family members helped in the search, desperate to find loved ones who may have been at the campsite. Officials say they doubt any of the missing are still alive. Gayle Young, CNN, Rome.