In Naples, Mount Vesuvius is more than just a volcano. Neapolitans like to say that they live “all’ombra” (in the shadow of) the massive crater that stands nearly 4,265 feet high, and can be seen from ...

With 15 years exploring Europe's volcanic landscapes and contributing to outlets like National Geographic Traveler, she specializes in immersive Italian adventures. Vesuv National Park encompasses the ...

March 13 (UPI) --A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Naples Italy area at 1:25 a.m. local time Thursday, causing some building and car damage but no reported deaths. The quake was centered at the ...

“Today the volcano is quite calm,” says Paola Petrosino, as smoky wisps of water vapour seep from rocks behind her. “It’s in a phase of dormancy but it’s active.” We’re inside Vesuvius National Park, ...

The Naples Emergency Responders are tasked with protecting thecity from the omnipresent volcanic activity of MountVesuvius.Photographs by Emiliano Mancuso / Grazia Neri If Mount Vesuvius (in the ...

Along the curve of the Bay of Naples in southern Italy, dense suburbs, industrial zones, and centuries-old towns spread across the lower slopes of a mountain that destroyed two Roman cities in a ...

On April 18, 2026, Mount Vesuvius stands as a dramatic reminder of nature's power overlooking Naples, drawing adventurers to its crater rim. This active volcano buried ancient cities like Pompeii in ...

The southern Italian city of Naples was struck by a 4.4-magnitude quake early Thursday that caused only minor damage and sent 11 people to the hospital, the most serious suffering contusions after ...

In Greek and Roman mythology, the Campi Flegrei volcano is depicted as the entrance to the underworld. Its eruptions thousands of years ago blocked out the sun, turning summer into winter. And now the ...

NAPLES, Italy -- Mount St. Helens, the rumbling volcano in Washington state, has belched out dramatic columns of steam and ash in the past week, but here in Naples, volcano experts regard all the ...

People seek safety in the streets following an earthquake north of Naples, Italy, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Alessandro Garofalo/LaPresse via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) ROME (AP) — The southern Italian ...