Stromboli Erupts!
- Wednesday, February 28 2007 @ 10:06 AM CST
- Contributed by: filbert
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Snookums and I cruised by the island a while ago:
Two big lava flows burst out of Stromboli's side on Tuesday, sending up vast plumes of steam as they plunged into the Mediterranean below. Authorities said there was no immediate risk to people living on the island, off the coast of Sicily.
"The eruption (lava flows) are very well fed," said Enzo Boschi, head of Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology.