American Tourist Dies After Lightning Strike on Mount Etna
An American tourist hiking on Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy, has died after being struck by lightning. Emergency services responded to the incident on the active volcano, with local media reporting the 30-year-old was on the volcano when a thunderstorm developed.
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US tourist dies after being struck by lightning while hiking Sicily’s Mount Etna - AP News
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The 30-year-old was on the active volcano when a thunderstorm developed, local media report.
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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.
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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 an exposed area above the tree line. He was later declared dead by medical pe...
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Authorities have closed large sections of the volcano's slope to hikers due to prolonged volcanic activity
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(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 17 - A thirty-year-old American hiker was struck by lightning Sunday night on Mount Etna and died at the Cannizzaro Hospital in Catania. Italy's fifth brutal heatwave is giving way to storms across much of the country. The American was reportedly climbing the volcano through a restricted area when a thunderstorm struck. Rescued around 8:00 PM when he was already in serious condition, he was rushed to the hospital but arrived dead. Etna has recently been the scene of spectac...
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