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After the partial collapse of a crater terrace, the volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli off the Sicilian coast starts to erupt, with lava flowing into the sea and triggering a three-minute seismic signal. Stromboli is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet and the Italian Civil protection has raised the alert from yellow to orange and advised people on the island to stay indoors. © Agence France-Presse
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy’s Stromboli volcano off the coast of Sicily erupted Wednesday, according to fire fighters who rushed to put out wildfires sparked by lava flows. Emergency services scrambled to launch motorboats and helicopters after the “strong explosion” in the south-central slope of the crater shook the island, but no-one was hurt, the fire service said on Twitter. Falling ash from a vast mushrooming cloud covered the rooves of houses in the tiny […]
