Pino Terzo Di Dio was in tears as firefighters carried his beloved parrots out of his home, which has been cordoned off as his town teeters on a cliff edge. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementThe town, built on unstable terrain, was battered by a powerful storm which hit southern Italy last week. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementThe 53-year-old said he had been moving between friends' houses since the disaster. - 'Help us' -Firefighter Franco Turco said emergency workers had rescued "quite a few dogs, cats -- and now parrots". Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementThe team was working out how to rescue horses in fields below the baroque town, where deep fissures caused by the landslide were complicating access.