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A US tourist died after being struck by lightning while hiking on Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy, on 17 August. Italian firefighters said the man was in a restricted area closed due to recent volcanic activity. He was found in serious condition on the volcano’s eastern slope and later pronounced dead at a hospital in Catania. Reports give his age as 29 or 30. Mount Etna erupted again on 18 August, sending smoke and ash into the sky.
NYTimes – World 5 publishers and 5 source reports documented this archived update.
NYTimes – World 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.
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.
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…
Sky News – World An American tourist has been killed by a lightning strike after hiking in a restricted part of Mount Etna.
BBC News – World The 30-year-old was on the active volcano when a thunderstorm developed, local media report.
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