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A few things. but for the people here, etna is much more than just data. they call her mamma, and she is a constant companion. in 1669, the lava flow in six months covered a distance of 45 miles. it covered little villages such as nicolosi. if you look around, you can see old flows, late 1800s. you see the lava flow of 1983 and you can get into peoples experience.

Theres been an earthquake on the south side of etna. e la sirena, ecco! ho detto che sarebbe tornato. in one of the most volcanic regions in europe, an earthquake is detected. it could indicate devastating activity on the continents largest volcano. but still, on etna, tourists gather unaware. right now we are 9,000 feet above the sea level, the highest you can get when you come to mount etna. what we are looking at is the south—east crater, the baby. its the newest, 1971, but its also conside...

There is no universal system to tell you the chances of an eruption. each place has its own, and fortunately, in etnas case, the lava moves very slowly. etna has killed no more than 77 people in the last 2,700 years.

Its becoming — how to say? — hyperactive. the recent catastrophic eruption on new zealands white island which killed 20 and injured a further 27 has highlighted the risk of visiting active volcanoes. but in coming here, i have been told by many people that this volcano is perfectly safe. etna certainly has one of the most sophisticated monitoring surveillance systems on earth. you have instruments that record any sort of ground vibration, then we measure gas emission and then magnetism and g...

You aint told me the whole truth.

Theres been an earthquake on the south side of etna. e la sirena, ecco! ho detto che sarebbe tornato. in one of the most volcanic regions in europe, an earthquake is detected. it could indicate devastating activity on the continents largest volcano. but still, on etna, tourists gather unaware. right now we are 9,000 feet above the sea level, the highest you can get when you come to mount etna. what we are looking at is the south—east crater, the baby. its the newest, 1971, but its also conside...

Australias great barrier reef. since this was filmed, actually, professor harrisons work has spread farther north to the whitsunday islands, which is great for him. so lets wish him good luck with that. coming up next this week, were returning to europe and to one of natures most powerful and frightening forces — volcanoes. this years been a busy one for the people whose job it is to monitor mount etna. the sicilian volcano has been erupting regularly since mid—february. back in 2019, we wen...

In 1669, the lava flow in six months covered a distance of 45 miles. it covered little villages such as nicolosi. if you look around, you can see old flows, late 1800s. you see the lava flow of 1983 and you can get into peoples experience. there is no universal system to tell you the chances of an eruption.

Virtually all the time. and i still left out a few things. but for the people here, etna is much more than just data. they call her mamma, and she is a constant companion. in 1669, the lava flow in six months covered a distance of 45 miles. it covered little villages such as nicolosi. if you look around, you can see old flows, late 1800s. you see the lava flow of 1983 and you can get into peoples experience.

Some of its favourite adventures in the great outdoors, including the time ade adepitan went walking with lion cubs in zambia, and mike coreys�* trip to the great barrier reef where he saw some of the advanced science being used to try to save it from warming seas. from the biggest natural structure on earth... wow, its incredible down there! ..to the slopes of europes most active volcano. theres been an earthquake on the south side of etna. siren. e la sirena! and from the blustery english ch...