Important Takeaways:
- Eruptions at Italy’s Mount Etna and the smaller Stromboli volcano spewed hot ash and lava, raising alert levels on the Mediterranean island of Sicily and forcing a temporary shutdown of Catania Airport on Friday.
- Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has seen intense activity in recent days, lighting up the sky near the city of Catania, while Stromboli off the northern Sicilian coast has spilled lava into the sea.
- Italy’s civil protection agency issued its top, red alert for Stromboli, warning the situation could deteriorate.
- The fire brigade said they had preemptively doubled the number of firefighters on the island.
- Around Catania, on the eastern coast of Sicily, residents and authorities moved to clean up the city after streets and cars were left smothered in black volcanic ash, while the nearby airport was closed.
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Micah 1:4 And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.
Important Takeaways:
- New eruption of Stromboli volcano raises alert level in Italy
- Italy’s Civil Protection Department has raised the alert level [Orange] on Monday because of a new eruption of the Strómboli volcano, which is located on the island of the same name in the south of the country.
- Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology recorded an earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale south of the volcano, in the Mediterranean Sea. The earthquake would have triggered a new volcanic activity in the area, where the active volcano is located.
- The Department of Civil Protection has also warned that this has caused a small tsunami with waves 1.5 meters high, so that the warning alarms have sounded on the island.
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Matthew 24:7 “For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.”
Important Takeaways:
- Small explosive (strombolian) eruptions, typically every 20-30 mins.
- Stromboli has even given its name to this kind of typical small explosions.
- As long as there are historical records, Stromboli has been constantly active, which makes it almost unique among the volcanoes in the world.
- Stromboli volcano eruptions: Persistent (near-constant) activity since at least 2-3000 years
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