ETNA is more than one of the volcanoes more active and high from Europe. It is also a tourist claim. One that seems to work especially well when, as these days, it offers a fascinating show that mixes A lava river, snow, ashessteam and smoke columns. The power of his eruption has attracted hundreds of visitors And curious, leaving a flood of people who already supposes a headache for the authorities. The reason, simple: they have reached Block the tracks They need to operate rescue services.
It is nature … and it is Tourist.
The Etna volcano, under the spotlights. The Italians have been pending Etna for more than a week, the volcano located on the east coast of Sicily and one of The most active from Europe. His activity intensified days ago, with A fracture of the Crater of Bocca Nuova, and has left a succession of Explosions and lava flows They have spread through the mountain, forming an extensive lava river.
Volcanic activity also affects communities. Yesterday the Catania airport, south of Italy, He informed that its air traffic was still altered.
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A coveted show. The eruption of the Etna volcano can be overwhelming, but also leaves a Fascinating show in which snow and lava are combined. And as such it has not taken the interest of hikers who have approached the mountain to enjoy the landscape. It He reported yesterday ANSA, the main Italian news agency, which already presents Etna directly as the “new focus of encompassing” For a long time Italy.
A tide of hikers. The agency speaks that about a thousand hikers have come to contemplate how it manages the lava from the crater of Bocca Nuova and media like Euronews either The Guardian They go further by pointing out the presence of “Miles” of curious who have approached Mount Sicilian to see the show in situ. Your presence can also be found in networks, with Videos and images of people approaching or even skiing near the lava river.
The Italian Marco Bassot shared For example on Instagram a video in which it can apparently be seen sliding with a snowboard table next to the message “The craziest race of my whole life.” Civil Protection has already asked hikers to extreme caution and comply with the standards and remember that a minimum distance in front of the lava of Between 300 and 500 m.
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“Extremely dangerous”. The Regional Manager of Civil Protection, except cook “Of cars. Sunday warned On Facebook: “As night falls, the situation becomes extremely dangerous, with growing risks of falls and sinking in snow.”
“I have seen many photos and videos of people who approach dangerously to the front, even skiing,” Recognize Carlo Caputomayor of neighboring BelPasso, to The Guardian. “Although it is visually shocking, it exposes them to serious risks, since it washes it, when it comes into contact with the snow, it can vaporize it instantly and, with the energy released, it can violently launch fragments or rocks.”
A touch of attention. Visitors and curious are not the only ones who risk. ANSA He pointed out yesterday that the presence of hundreds of people attracted to the rash show was “blocking” the streets, which is an added risk. The reason? Kitchen points That people park their vehicles along narrow roads and prevent passing through Vetor, “making it impossible to pass rescue vehicles.” He has already warned local authorities.
The Italian agency Precise that on Sunday Civil Protection came to mobilize even four units of Belassso, Ragalna, Nicolosi and Adrano to support the population and prevent tourists and hikers from arriving from sicily or other nearby points complicated traffic in the area, with the risk that It supposes.
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“Combine” enjoy safely. Kitchen Recognize That many of the curious who come to the mountain are well equipped and in the company of guides or volcanologists, but warns of the risk of cars saturation and the block of the same streets through which emergency vehicles circulate. The key, he insists, is to “combine” the enjoyment of the volcano with security.
“Yesterday afternoon there was a constant influx of one thousand people from Provincial Highway 92 and the Milia road, wild parking at the edges of narrow streets, traffic lock in Vetor piano and impossibility of passing emergency vehicles,” He insisted kitchen in Your message.
Images | President of the Sicilian Region Dipartimento delLa Protezione Civile 1 and 2 (The photo of the eruption is extracted from a 2021 report)
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