Volcano

Travel
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 02/13/2020 - 08:42
For those looking for a bit of a thrill, and a different Sicilian experience, consider hiking to the top of a volcano. Here are three you can climb.    Mount…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 08/20/2019 - 08:57
Every day between 4 and 7 pm, an average of 2,000 people swarm over Stromboli, a small island off the north coast of Sicily, part of the Aeolian Islands group…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 07/04/2019 - 05:02
The Stromboli volcano, one of the most active volcanoes on earth, erupted on Wednesday on the Italian island of Stromboli, off the coast of Sicily, killing one…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 12/27/2018 - 04:00
A magnitude-4.8 earthquake hit eastern Sicily early in the morning on Wednesday, the night between Christmas and St. Stephen’s Day, injuring at least 28 people…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Mon, 08/11/2014 - 10:30
Sicily’s Etna volcano was not the only one to give quite a show last week. On the Aeolian Islands, the famous Stromboli volcano erupted on Thursday, releasing…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 12/17/2013 - 03:46
The latest eruption of Italy's Mount Etna was a particularly intense and spectacular one: bursts of lava fountains and moving plumes of ash, as well as violent…
by Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 11/15/2013 - 11:28
Since erupting on November 11, the Mount Etna volcano has been blowing perfect smoke rings into Sicily's skies.Along with the rare giant rings of steam, the…
Lifestyle
by Katia Amore | Sat, 05/04/2013 - 04:14
Following the successful evaluation of Mount Etna by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the Italian Ministry of Environment has announced…
Lifestyle
by ITALY | Fri, 02/10/2012 - 03:32
Yesterday Mount Etna, in Sicily, spat out lava and produced a dense ash plume that extended further afield, stopping flights at Catania's Fontanarossa airport…