A massive volcano is at a “critical stage” in a build-up to a devastating eruption, scientists have warned.They say Phlegraean Fields supervolcano, known in its native Italy as Campi Flegrei, could blow sooner than predicted. Located outside the western suburbs of Naples, a blast could affect 360,000 people living across the caldera and Naples’ population of nearly one million. The last eruption took place in 1538 but the area has been restless since 1950, with regular earthquakes since. But now experts from Vesuvius Observatory in Naples and University College London have spotted...CONTINUE READING
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