https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Around a thousand tourists were evacuated and people were warned to stay out of the sea the day after Italy's Stromboli volcano dramatically erupted. https://www.thelocal.it/20190704/tsunami-warning-stromboli-eruption-italy-volcano-sicily Thu, 04 Jul 2019 15:20:15 +0200 tsunami-warning-stromboli-eruption-italy-volcano-sicily The volcano of Stromboli, off the coast of Sicily, is in the middle of one of its biggest eruptions in years. https://www.thelocal.it/20190704/photos-massive-eruption-on-stromboli-italy Thu, 04 Jul 2019 12:39:44 +0200 photos-massive-eruption-on-stromboli-italy A volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupted dramatically on Wednesday, killing a hiker and sending tourists fleeing into the sea. https://www.thelocal.it/20190704/italy-stromboli-volcano-erupts Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:56:36 +0200 italy-stromboli-volcano-erupts Experts are monitoring the Stromboli volcano in southern Italy after a new lava flow appeared over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20171218/video-watch-lava-eruption-italy-volcano-stromboli Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:05:42 +0100 video-watch-lava-eruption-italy-volcano-stromboli Ten people have been reported injured in a volcanic explosion at Mount Etna on Sicily, according to Italian media reports on Thursday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.it/20170316/ten-injured-in-eruptions-at-mount-etna-reports Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:31:19 +0100 ten-injured-in-eruptions-at-mount-etna-reports A 'new eruptive episode' started on Wednesday morning at Sicily's Mount Etna, with lava flows at the south of the volcano throughout the day. https://www.thelocal.it/20170316/video-see-the-latest-eruptions-at-etna-europes-most-active-volcano Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:56:13 +0100 video-see-the-latest-eruptions-at-etna-europes-most-active-volcano Sicily's Mount Etna started erupting on Monday night with fountains of lava providing a spectacular show. https://www.thelocal.it/20170228/mount-etna-is-erupting-and-it-looks-spectacular Tue, 28 Feb 2017 11:14:37 +0100 mount-etna-is-erupting-and-it-looks-spectacular Schools in Sicily were evacuated on Monday after the island's active volcano, Mount Etna, experienced a flurry of quakes. https://www.thelocal.it/20170130/mount-etna-erupting-snow-schools-evacuated-sicily Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:16:20 +0100 mount-etna-erupting-snow-schools-evacuated-sicily A long-dormant complex of volcanoes on Rome's doorstep is slowly filling up with liquid magma and will erupt once more, according to scientists at Italy's National Vulcanology and Geophysics Institute (INVG). https://www.thelocal.it/20160719/volcanoes-on-outskirts-of-rome-waking-up-geologists Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:36:05 +0200 volcanoes-on-outskirts-of-rome-waking-up-geologists Sicily's Mount Etna is erupting again. https://www.thelocal.it/20160518/huge-ash-cloud-over-etna-as-volcano-erupts-again Wed, 18 May 2016 17:46:39 +0200 huge-ash-cloud-over-etna-as-volcano-erupts-again Precious scrolls blackened by the eruption of the Vesuvius volcano in AD 79 may become readable again, thanks to 21st century technology, scientists said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150120/vesuvius-scorched-scrolls-may-be-read-again Tue, 20 Jan 2015 18:30:00 +0100 vesuvius-scorched-scrolls-may-be-read-again Tourists have flocked to Stromboli, located off the coast of Sicily, to catch a glimpse of what is the “most significant eruption” of the island’s volcano, one of Europe’s most active, in recent years, a tour operator told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20140813/tourists-flock-to-italys-erupting-volcano Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:37:00 +0200 tourists-flock-to-italys-erupting-volcano Tourist trips to Stromboli have been cancelled this week as a volcanic eruption overwhelms the island, a tour agency for the Aeolian islands told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20140808/tourist-trips-cancelled-as-italy-volcano-erupts Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:59:00 +0200 tourist-trips-cancelled-as-italy-volcano-erupts A spectacular eruption of the Mount Etna volcano in Sicily in southern Italy died down on Tuesday, allowing the nearby airport of Catania to re-open after a two-day stoppage that disrupted dozens of flights. https://www.thelocal.it/20131217/sicilys-mount-etna-eruption-dies-down Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:20:09 +0100 sicilys-mount-etna-eruption-dies-down The eruption of the Mount Etna volcano in Sicily on Sunday forced the closure of nearby Catania airport because of the plumes of ash billowing into the sky, airport officials said. https://www.thelocal.it/20131216/mount-etna-eruption-shuts-italian-airport Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:30:00 +0100 mount-etna-eruption-shuts-italian-airport