 Lava poured down the slopes of a volcano on the tiny Sicilian island of Stromboli for a second day Wednesday as authorities continued to monitor eruption activity. There was no immediate danger to the few hundred Stromboli residents, according to experts who flew over the island by helicopter and studied data from monitoring devices studding the volcano's slopes. Stromboli, which on most days belches smoke and flaming lava and rock from its crater, suddenly started spewing a substantial amount of lava into the sea on Tuesday, prompting authorities to warn islanders about the risk of a small tsunami. Islanders were told to evacuate homes that are less than 33 feet above sea level. "The situation is absolutely under control," Civil Protection chief Guido Bertolaso told journalists on the island after an aerial survey Wednesday...
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