...for people in southern Italy. Looks like there might be a volcano about to pop. Specifically the Campi Flegrei volcano, which has been making noises for about 70 years, but last erupted in 1538.
Good news, it doesn't appear to be about to blow tomorrow.
Bad news, it's a 13-km-wide nested caldera containing 24 craters. And because it's a caldera, not a mountain, there are people living there. As many as 500,000 people could have to be evacuated if it does show signs of erupting, 360,000 of them living in the caldera itself. It's one of the most populated active volcanos on the planet. The town of Pozzuoli is 4 meters higher than it was in 1950...which happened in four stages.
A future eruption is also likely to blanket Naples and surrounding regions in ash.
Of course, now I want to go look at this thing...
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