Sinkhole swallows car amid Sicily downpour

 
  

The sinkhole opened up on a road near Catania. Photo: Vigili del Fuoco

Published: 22 Oct 2015 10:27 GMT+02:00

A parked car was swallowed up by a sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road in Sicily after heavy rain on Wednesday evening.

The car plunged five metres through the eight-metre wide hole on a road in Valverde, in the province of Catania. The female driver made a miraculous escape having just parked the vehicle before the hole opened up, Corriere reported. It was then hauled out by firefighters with a crane. The scene was captured on the video below.
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Heavy rain has swept across Sicily over the past couple of days, with the Catania area faring the worst.



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Sicily, Italy : Volcano Eruption - Mt. Etna Volcano

Earth Watch Report - Volcanic Activity

Mount Etna showers ash on towns

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A rain of volcanic stones in Sicily - Pioggia di lapilli su Giardini Naxos

TuriBSides

Published on Nov 23, 2013

23 Novembre 2013. Una fitta pioggia di lapilli investe la Sicilia Nord-Orientale e parte della Calabria.

November 23rd, 2913. A massive cloud of lava ashes and stones hits North-Eastern Sicily, spawned by the explosive eruption of Mt. Etna and pushed hundreds of miles away by the wind.

Video by Turi Scandurra.

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26.11.2013 02:55 AM

Sicily, Italy

Mt. Etna Volcano

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Volcano Eruption in Italy on Tuesday, 26 November, 2013 at 03:55 (03:55 AM) UTC.

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Italy's Mt. Etna, the most active volcano in europe, erupted twice in less than a week earlier this month. The first eruption took place on Nov. 16, the second on Nov. 23. Lava flows were reportedly shot 700-800 meters in the air. Lightning was also present during the explosion, as well as plumes of gas, smoke and ash. The ash traveled across the region, coating Giardini Naxos on Sicily with black dust. It also pushed across the Strait of Messina and into the mainland. Chunks of ash and rock fell from the sky, as big as 2 centimeters in diameter. Four air corridors that service Sicily's Catania Airport and a local highway were closed for a time as a result of the raining volcanic debris. "They must be spewed high into the sky and then carried by the winds. Those type of rocks are rather light and full of air," said AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Mark Paquette. Some rocks and ash can also fall from the sky much like rain, as they are sent into the atmosphere and can collect on clouds to be rained down with later precipitation.

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Paroxysm at Etna, 16-17 November 2013

Boris Behncke·


 

Published on Nov 17, 2013

The best moments from my movie footage of Etna's latest eruptive episode (paroxysm) during the night of 16-17 November 2013, including some of the finest exploding lava bubbles I've ever managed to capture on film (00:35, 01:01, 01:37, 02:05, 02:35), and a lot of haunting volcano noise. In particular, listen to the tremendous detonations at 00:56, 03:25, 04:48, and 05:10; these are certainly the best sound recordings I have obtained so far of such events. Have fun clicking on the times indicated for the detonations to hear them one after the other, and you'll discover that they sound very different (which is certainly due to the fact that I recorded at different locations). But the best bit comes last (starting at 05:43) ...

Some words about the places from which I made observations and recorded the various bits of footage.

00:00 Piano Vetore (upper southwest flank of Etna)
00:16 Piano del Vescovo (upper southeast flank of Etna)
03:03 Zafferana Etnea (southeast flank of Etna)
03:33 Santa Venerina (southeast flank of Etna)
03:58 Milo (east flank of Etna)
04:20 Mareneve road near Fornazzo (east flank of Etna)
05:06 Mareneve road near Monte Fontane (ENE flank of Etna)
05:43 Mareneve road near Fornazzo (east flank of Etna)
07:03 Fornazzo (east flank of Etna)
07:16 Tremestieri Etneo (south flank of Etna)

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