A series of explosions rocked Stromboli, an Italian volcano, this Wednesday. Here's what happened, how it tracks with Stromboli's past, and what to expect in the future.
, tourists – who regularly climb the not-quite-mountain to watch lava fire up into the sky, by day or night – were so frightened by the explosion that they quickly evacuated their hotels and headed for the sea to make sure they weren’t hit by any debris. It’s not clear where on the volcano they were situated, or if there have been any injuries yet.
“We got on our boat and had to evacuate immediately,” he said, adding that their entire catamaran was covered in ash.At the time of writing, this appears to be a somewhat isolated event. According to Stefano Branca of the INGV, who spoke to Reuters, this was triggered by a pocket of magma under high-pressure, one that must have been allowed to quickly depressurise and rush to the surface. “These are events of great intensity and quite rare,” he told the outlet.
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