Archived

Mount Etna erupts a day after US tourist killed by lightning

Mount Etna erupts in Sicily, sending smoke and ash into the sky, a day after a US tourist died from a lightning strike while hiking on the volcano.

Coverage from 5 publishers 5 source reports
NYTGuardianSkyBBCEuronews
American Hiker Dies After Lightning Strike on Mount Etna in Italy NYTimes – World
Update summary

What changed in this update

Rescuers found a 29-year-old man in serious condition on the volcano’s eastern slope on Sunday. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital in Catania.

Source coverage

Source reports

American Hiker Dies After Lightning Strike on Mount Etna in ItalyNYTimes – World
NYT

American Hiker Dies After Lightning Strike on Mount Etna in Italy

Rescuers found a 29-year-old man in serious condition on the volcano’s eastern slope on Sunday. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital in Catania.

World
Euronews

Mount Etna erupts a day after US tourist killed by lightning

World
Guardian

US tourist dies after being struck by lightning on Italy’s Mount Etna

Italian firefighters say a man, 29, was killed by a lightning strike on the Sicily volcano while hiking in a restricted area A tourist from the US was killed by a lightning strike on Sicily’s Mount Etna while hiking in an area that was closed to visitors due to recent volcanic activity, Italian firefighters said on Monday. The 29-year-old man from Kansas was rescued by helicopter after being struck Sunday evening in…

US tourist killed by lightning strike on Mount Etna during hike in restricted areaSky News – World
Sky

US tourist killed by lightning strike on Mount Etna during hike in restricted area

An American tourist has been killed by a lightning strike after hiking in a restricted part of Mount Etna.

US hiker dies after being struck by lightning on Mount EtnaBBC News – World
BBC

US hiker dies after being struck by lightning on Mount Etna

The 30-year-old was on the active volcano when a thunderstorm developed, local media report.

More news

Also in the news

Vatican Says Pope Leo Will Leave Hospital on Saturday, Days After Lung SurgeryNYTimes – World
World Updating

Pope Leo XIV Resumes Public Duties After Cancer Surgery

Pope Leo XIV made his first public appearance since lung cancer surgery, leading the Angelus prayer from the Apostolic Palace balcony in Vatican City on Sunday. He thanked faithful in St. Peter's Square for their prayers and said he will gradually resume his usual duties. He had been discharged from Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Saturday, four days after the operation, with doctors saying he was well enough to return home.

15 references
NYTSkyDWBBCABC News +5
Palestinians and US journalist injured by Israeli settlers in West Bank harvest attackBBC News – World
World Established

Israeli settlers attack EU diplomats and Palestinians in West Bank

Masked Israeli settlers attacked European diplomats, a French mayor and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and broke a European diplomatic vehicle's window, witnesses said. Belgium condemned the assault, which occurred amid a surge in settler violence during the olive harvest. A US journalist was also injured in a related West Bank harvest attack two days earlier, the BBC reported.

21 references
BBCAl JazeeraNPRFrance 24Guardian +4
Discovery

See what’s emerging. See what’s changing.

Explore stories gaining momentum and continuing events with new developments.