Mount Vesuvius, across the Bay of Naples
Mount Vesuvius is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, although it is currently in an inactive phase - the longest inactive phase in nearly 500 years of its history. It is today regarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because of the population of 3,000,000 people now living close to it and its tendency towards explosive eruptions.
The region around Vesuvius is the most densely populated volcanic region in the world. Most scientists predict that an explosive eruption like that which destroyed Pompeii, Herculaneum and a few other settlements, will occur sometime in the next 10 years. The volcano is closely monitored on a daily basis. The Last eruption was in 1944 but that was a lava flow type of eruption rather than the explosive type that occurred in 79AD.
Mount Vesuvius, across the Bay of Naples
Mount Vesuvius is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, although it is currently in an inactive phase - the longest inactive phase in nearly 500 years of its history. It is today regarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because of the population of 3,000,000 people now living close to it and its tendency towards explosive eruptions.
The region around Vesuvius is the most densely populated volcanic region in the world. Most scientists predict that an explosive eruption like that which destroyed Pompeii, Herculaneum and a few other settlements, will occur sometime in the next 10 years. The volcano is closely monitored on a daily basis. The Last eruption was in 1944 but that was a lava flow type of eruption rather than the explosive type that occurred in 79AD.