Eruption overdue: Supervolcano in Italy is swelling, steaming heavily and spewing more gas. New swarm earthquakes accompany the uplift of the area to new record heights.
And the craters seem to be steaming like never before. The Phlegraean Fields supervolcano consists of a huge huge crater. Scientists believe a eruption is long overdue and has claimed hundreds of lives. In December it was only 4,000 tons per day, but now it is 5,000 per day. The output is several times more than the output of the notorious Merapi volcano in Indonesia.