Natural hazards in Italy
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According to The World Factbook, the main natural phenomena posing a threat in Italy at a regional level are landslides, mudflows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods and, in Venice, s
Ruins of the 1915 Avezzano earthquake
Vulcano
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Vulcano or Vulcan is a small volcanic island belonging to Italy in the Tyrrhenian Sea, about 20 km north of Sicily and located at the southernmost end of the seven Aeolian Islands. The island is known
Aerial view of Vulcano from the east
View from the island of Lipari of the northern profile of Vulcano on which the low Fossa cone is visible (center), the green islet in the foreground is Vulcanello and the isthmus connecting Vulcanello to Vulcano is barely visible
Aerial view of the Fossa cone
The Gran Cratere