Chuck Darwin<p>As Europe’s most dangerous volcano rumbles, Italians weigh the risk </p><p>In the red zone of the awakening <a href="https://c.im/tags/Phlegraean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phlegraean</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fields" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fields</span></a> <br>-- the 🔥most dangerous volcano in Europe 🔥<br>-- ⭐️ 2,000-year-old ruins are rising from the earth, <br>⭐️thrust upward by hydrothermal force. </p><p>The water line is receding at the docks as the ground rises. </p><p>Thousands of <a href="https://c.im/tags/earthquakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthquakes</span></a>, including one that drove 1,500 people into temporary shelter, <br>are sending shock waves of fear through coastal communities.<br>
Residents are now keeping <a href="https://c.im/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emergency</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/bags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bags</span></a> packed, <br>preparing for larger quakes, or worse, <br>an eruption some experts fear could prove devastating. </p><p>Nearly 80,000 people blithely inhabit the <a href="https://c.im/tags/sulfureous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sulfureous</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/caldera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caldera</span></a>, playing soccer in the streets and cooking rich ragus in apartments with majestic views of Capri and Ischia, the emerald isles across the Gulf of Naples. </p><p>In total, an estimated <br>🆘 485,000 people live in the designated danger zone of a smoke-belching behemoth the ancient Romans thought was an entrance to Hell.<br>
The most pessimistic experts signal it may even be time to consider relocating, <br>presenting residents with a stark choice: <br>Should they stay or should they go?</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/24/italy-volcano-eruption-phlegraean-fields/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/world/2024/</span><span class="invisible">08/24/italy-volcano-eruption-phlegraean-fields/</span></a></p>