Tourist killed as volcano erupts on Sicily’s Stromboli Island

By GNNLiberia On Jul 3, 2019 35

Hikers jump into the Mediterranean for safety after two powerful eruptions rain down fire and molten lava

By AFP |
Smoke rises from the Stromboli island during an eruptive activity of the volcano off the Sicilian coast of Messina, southern Italy on Feb. 28, 2007. (AP Photo/Francesco Saya)

ROME, Italy — A volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupted dramatically on Wednesday, killing a hiker and sending tourists fleeing into the sea.

The volcano is known to be active but on Wednesday there were two particularly powerful explosions.

“Unfortunately one man is dead, there are a few injured, but none seriously,” emergency worker Calogero Foti told RAI television. Hikers jump into the Mediterranean for safety after two powerful eruptions rain down fire and molten lava

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.

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