Naples is now at risk from ‘Europe’s time bomb’: Italian city of three million people is added to the danger area threatened by eruptions from Mount Vesuvius
Some 63 towns and villages were added to the new Vesuvius danger zone
The ‘yellow zone’ now reaches across the provinces of Naples and Salerno
Residents in the yellow zone would be showered with falling ash and rocks
Zone includes half of the three million residents living in the city of Naples
By IMOGEN CALDERWOOD
DailyMail.com
23 January 2016
Half the population of Naples is now at risk from the volcano known as ‘Europe’s time bomb’.
A new assessment has added 63 new towns and villages to the list of municipalities that would be hit if Mount Vesuvius was to erupt.
The expanded danger zone – the ‘yellow zone’ – now stretches across the provinces of Naples and Salerno.
Those living in the ‘yellow zone’ would be showered with falling ash and rocks, sufficient to topple buildings in some cases, in the event of a significant eruption.
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