Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano near 'breaking point'

Rome (AFP) June 9, 2023

Half a million people live on a sprawling volcano in Italy - and the risk of an eruption has never been greater, according to a study published Friday. The Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean Fields) volcano may be less well-known than Vesuvius, but is "extremely dangerous", study co-author Stefano Carlino told AFP. Vesuvius wiped Pompeii off the map almost two millennia ago, while the vast volca