earthquake – Ingliando

On this day in the valley of Belice in the western part of the island of Sicily, a series of violent earthquakes brought death and destruction to a number of towns and villages, killing 231 people and injuring a further 623 (officially). Other estimates give more than 400 dead with over 1000 injured, and an estimated 100,000 people made homeless. Lack of disaster relief planning, coupled with excessive bureaucracy, meant that a year later many hundreds of people were still living in tents, and the prefabricated houses that had been paid for, were yet to appear. Nine years later 60,000 refugees were still living in temporary accommodation.

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On this day the volcano, Mount Vesuvius, in southern Italy, after about five centuries in a state of quiescence, erupted violently. The explosion caused a giant column of smoke which lasted for about eight hours and showered the entire area with lapilli (solidifying lava fragments from 2 to 64 mm in size) . The following morning there was a violent earthquake, followed by massive lava flows which rapidly destroyed the lush vegetation, vineyards and orchards on the slopes of the volcano and overwhelmed several villages. The final death toll was estimated at around 3000 people.