A stronger volcanic eruption on the Italian Mediterranean island of Stromboli caused a natural spectacle on Sunday. In the morning, a torrent of lava gushed out of the crater of the volcano of the same name north of Sicily and made its way down the valley to the sea, according to a statement from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.
An amateur video showed thick smoke rising from where the glowing lava flowed into the sea. There was no information about damage or injuries on Sunday evening.
In a statement, the civil defense referred to the general instructions of the mayor of Lipari, to whose municipality Stromboli, which is populated with a few hundred people, belongs. In it, residents and tourists were asked not to leave the house and to protect their mouth, nose, head and eyes from the ashes. Anyone on a boat should steer into the open sea.
Stromboli, like Mount Etna in Sicily, is an active volcano. The almost 930 meter high Stromboli erupts particularly regularly and has thus already become a tourist attraction. Sunday’s event was so powerful that seismic devices struck.
