ITALY: RENEWED FEARS EXPRESSED THAT LAVA SPREWING OUT FROM MOUNT ETNA VOLCANO COULD REACH THE NEARBY TOWN OF LINGUAGLOSSA

Record ID: 649232

  • Title: ITALY: RENEWED FEARS EXPRESSED THAT LAVA SPREWING OUT FROM MOUNT ETNA VOLCANO COULD REACH THE NEARBY TOWN OF LINGUAGLOSSA
  • Date: 31st October 2002
  • Summary: (U7) LINGUAGLOSSA, SICILY, ITALY (OCTOBER 31, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) (NIGHT SHOTS) 1. WIDE VIEW OF LINGUAGLOSSA WITH FLAMES FROM MOUNT ETNA GLOWING IN THE BACKGROUND 0.03 2. VARIOUS LONG DISTANCE OF MOUNT ETNA ERUPTIONS (2 SHOTS) 0.15 3. VARIOUS LAVA FLOW MOVING DOWNHILL / RED-HOT ROCKS OF LAVA MOVING DOWN MOUNTAIN (5 SHOTS) 0.50 4. SV/SCU: TREES BURNING (2 SHOTS) 1.07 5. VARIOUS LAVA FLOW (5 SHOTS) 1.47 6. SV: EARTHMOVER FORMING NATURAL BARRICADE 1.51 7. VARIOUS WORK TO FORM BARRICADE (4 SHOTS) 2.32 8. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) HEAD OF CIVIL PROTECTION UNIT VANNI CALI SAYING: "We are making this earth barrier to try and stop the lava flow reaching the riverbed". 2.59 9. VARIOUS SOLDIERS AND CIVIL PROTECTION UNITS FORMING BARRICADE (4 SHOTS) 3.19 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 15th November 2002 12:00
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  • Location: LINGUAGLOSSA, SICILY, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVA73O24C6IRPP23NM73KWE8ZVJJ
  • Story Text: There are renewed fears that lava flows spewing out
    from Mount Etna could reach the nearby town Linguaglossa.


    Lava flows exuding from fissures on Sicilys Mount Etna
    may still be of concern, experts said on Thursday evening
    (October 31).

    The flows that have been pouring down Europes most
    active volcano since Sunday after seismic activity jolted the
    volcano awake, were believed to have slowed down. But new
    fears have arisen that the flow could reach the popular
    ski-resort of Linguaglossa.

    One of the lava arms is now moving 20-30 metres/second
    and is judged to be 5 kilometres from the
    town. The flow has moved 3 kilometres in the last three days.

    Soldiers and members from the civil protection units
    have been frantically mounding earth in front of the lava to
    form a a natural protective barrier that measures some 15
    metres in height.

    If the lava continues in a straight line the town of
    Linguaglossa will be saved, if within the next 200 metres
    the lava is allowed to flow to the right it could hit a river
    bed with a direct line down into the centre of town.

    We are making this earth barrier to try and stop the
    lava flow reaching the riverbed said the head of the civil
    protection unit Vanni Cali.
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