Premier Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday
will chair an inter-ministerial meeting on the flurry of seismic
activity that started late on Monday in the area of the Campi
Flegrei volcanic caldera near Naples, Civil Protection Minister
Nello Musumeci said on Tuesday.
The activity has featured some 160 quakes since Monday evening,
including a 4.4 magnitude one that was the strongest to hit the
area over 40 years, sparking alarm among local residents, many
of whom spent the night outdoors.
Schools were closed on Tuesday in Pozzuoli and other towns in
the area as a precautionary measure and 39 families have been
evacuated from their homes, while inmates at the local women's
prison are set to be temporarily moved to other jails in
Campania.
The Campi Flegrei area, also known the Phlegrean Fields in
English, is currently affected by bradyseism, or ground uplift,
and the seismic activity in the volcanic zone has led to fears
of harm to people and property.
Musumeci said Wednesday's meeting would examine "possible
further interventions by the government" and "those already
being implemented. "
"I am in constant contact with Premier Giorgia Meloni, who has
been following the situation since last night," he said.
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