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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
📸 Genoa taunt Samp with savage banner after their Serie C drop 🤯
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here. It's well known that the rivalry between Genoa and Sampdoria is one of the fiercest in Italy, and every opportunity becomes fertile ground for provocations. This time, it's the rossoblù fans who strike, taking advantage of the historic—and sensational—relegation of their blucerchiati cousins to Serie C, the first in their history. After days of mockery spread throughout Genoa, Genoa's supporters raised the stakes. Just before kickoff against Atalanta, a banner appeared in the Gradinata Nord aimed at the Samp crowd: 'Manfredi and Radrizzani, thank you.' The sarcastic reference is to a message displayed by Sampdoria supporters two years ago, when the arrival of Matteo Manfredi and Andrea Radrizzani was greeted with enthusiasm. At the time, in the South stand, a banner read: 'Manfredi and Radrizzani, thank you from all Sampdoria fans,' a symbol of hope and trust in the new direction. Today, after a disastrous season and a bitter relegation, Genoa's rivals have decided to return the 'thanks,' but with an unmistakably mocking tone.
Asharq Al-Awsat
14-03-2025
- Climate
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Naples Struck by 4.4-Magnitude Quake Causing Minor Damage and Light Injuries
The southern Italian city of Naples was struck by a 4.4-magnitude quake early Thursday that caused only minor damage and sent 11 people to the hospital, the most serious suffering contusions after part of a ceiling collapsed, officials said. The quake was the strongest in recorded history around the Phlegrean Fields, a sprawling area of ancient volcanoes that covers a broad swath of the Naples metropolitan area. It matched the magnitude of another quake in the same area last May that has put the population on alert. Residents shaken awake by the early-morning quake sought safety in the streets, as they did in May. The temblor, which loosened stone and cement from some facades, was centered just offshore from Pozzuoli, a seaside suburb bordering Naples. Mayor Gaetano Manfredi told reporters that one church, a seven-story residential building and another building were declared off-limits due to damage, and some schools were closed as a precaution. Inspectors were checking buildings for further damage, Manfredi said. 'We are following with the greatest attention all of our structures, and are monitoring all events in real time,' the mayor said. In all, 11 people sought hospital treatment. One woman was injured after part of a ceiling fell, and several others suffered cuts from glass that broke in the quake, Manfredi said. Seismologists have reported a fresh increase in activity around the Phlegrean Fields over recent weeks. Authorities last summer conducted drills in preparation for a major emergency as the frequency of temblors increased. The area around the Phlegrean Fields, which encompasses western neighborhoods of Naples and its suburbs, is both seismically and volcanically active. The surface has been pushed up 1.3 meters (4.3 feet) since 2006, which is higher than prior to the last major event in 1984, but seismologists have emphasized it is impossible to predict when an eruption or stronger quake might occur. At least 500,000 people live in the zone most at risk should the volcano erupt. Italy's national institute for geophysics and vulcanology has called for a governmental plan to ensure that structures can withstand a quake of at least a magnitude 5.0. During the 1984 event, 40,000 residents were evacuated during a period of intense seismic activity as a precaution against a feared eruption that did not occur.
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Earthquake causes panic and damages homes in Naples
Panicked Naples residents spent the night on the streets after an earthquake injured several people and caused homes to partially collapse. The 4.4 magnitude quake, which struck at 1.25am and was followed by several smaller tremors, was the biggest to hit the Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean Fields) region, in southern Italy, for 10 months. While the area is known for occasional tremors, Thursday's strong, shallow quake jolted many from their beds. Photographs of the aftermath showed damaged buildings and rubble strewn across cars, as worried locals huddled in the streets. Nearly a dozen people were taken to hospital with minor injuries. One woman was hurt when her ceiling collapsed, while several others suffered cuts caused by shards of broken glass, according to Gaetano Manfredi, the mayor of Naples. In the Bagnoli neighbourhood, where most of the injuries were reported, dozens of residents flocked to the locked entrance of a sprawling former Nato base and demanded it be opened to shelter people. The crowd managed to force open a set of large metal gates before law enforcement officials stopped them and diffused tensions. The tremors were felt across Naples, with power supplies disrupted in some neighbourhoods. It was similar in magnitude to an earthquake last May, which was the strongest to be recorded in the region over the past four decades. Mr Manfredi said: 'It was a particularly intense quake, similar to one awhile back but with an epicentre closer to the city of Naples, so it was felt more in the city.' He said several schools had been forced to close, but added: 'The situation is under control.' Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, said she was monitoring the situation closely and was in constant contact with officials. Francesca Bianco, director of the Vesuvius Observatory, which monitors seismic activity and active volcanoes in the Campania region, said there was no evidence to suggest an 'imminent eruption' would take place. Volcanologists have been keeping a close eye on a recent uptick in seismic activity in the region's 'high-risk' zone, where around 500,000 people live. However, experts say a full-blown eruption in the near future remains unlikely. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
13-03-2025
- Climate
- Telegraph
Earthquake causes panic and damages homes in Naples
Panicked Naples residents spent the night on the streets after an earthquake injured several people and caused homes to partially collapse. The 4.4 magnitude quake, which struck at 1.25am and was followed by several smaller tremors, was the biggest to hit the Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean Fields) region, in southern Italy, for 10 months. While the area is known for occasional tremors, Thursday's strong, shallow quake jolted many from their beds. Photographs of the aftermath showed damaged buildings and rubble strewn across cars, as worried locals huddled in the streets. Nearly a dozen people were taken to hospital with minor injuries. One woman was hurt when her ceiling collapsed, while several others suffered cuts caused by shards of broken glass, according to Gaetano Manfredi, the mayor of Naples. In the Bagnoli neighbourhood, where most of the injuries were reported, dozens of residents flocked to the locked entrance of a sprawling former Nato base and demanded it be opened to shelter people. The crowd managed to force open a set of large metal gates before law enforcement officials stopped them and diffused tensions. The tremors were felt across Naples, with power supplies disrupted in some neighbourhoods. It was similar in magnitude to an earthquake last May, which was the strongest to be recorded in the region over the past four decades. Mr Manfredi said: 'It was a particularly intense quake, similar to one awhile back but with an epicentre closer to the city of Naples, so it was felt more in the city.' He said several schools had been forced to close, but added: 'The situation is under control.' Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, said she was monitoring the situation closely and was in constant contact with officials. Francesca Bianco, director of the Vesuvius Observatory, which monitors seismic activity and active volcanoes in the Campania region, said there was no evidence to suggest an 'imminent eruption' would take place. Volcanologists have been keeping a close eye on a recent uptick in seismic activity in the region's 'high-risk' zone, where around 500,000 people live. However, experts say a full-blown eruption in the near future remains unlikely.
Express Tribune
13-03-2025
- Climate
- Express Tribune
4.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Naples area, causing building damage
A damaged car is seen in the street after an overnight earthquake jolted Naples in southern Italy on March 13, 2025. PHOTO: REUTERS Listen to article A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck the volcanic area around Naples overnight, causing several light injuries, damaging buildings and sending terrified residents into the streets, officials said on Thursday. The quake, which was followed by several much smaller tremors, was the biggest to hit the Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean Fields) area in southern Italy for 10 months. It occurred around 1:25 am at a depth of 2.5 kilometres, according to the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), and raised residents from their beds. 'We can't go on like this, we can't sleep. We're scared,' one man told the Local Team news service in the middle of the night in Bagnoli, a seaside district in western Naples. Images broadcast by Italian media showed car windows smashed by falling masonry and damage to a church in Bagnoli, where schools were closed on Thursday. One woman was hurt when her ceiling collapsed, while two or three other people went to hospital with cuts caused by shards of broken glass, according to Naples mayor Gaetano Manfredi. A total of 11 people went to emergency rooms of local hospitals but several 'were cases of panic', he told reporters. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she was constantly monitoring the situation and was in contact with the relevant officials. Seismic activity is nothing new in the area, which is an active caldera — the hollow left after an eruption — the largest in Europe. It stretches from the outskirts of Naples into the sea, measuring some 12 by 15km. But many of the 500,000 inhabitants living in the danger zone had already been spooked by a 4.4-magnitude quake in May 2024, which was the biggest for 40 years. At that time, there were no injuries or any major structural damage. 'Particularly intense' Naples mayor Manfredi told RTL Radio that Thursday's quake was a 'particularly intense tremor', similar to that of last year but 'with an epicentre closer to the city of Naples, so it was felt more in the city'. He said a group of people tried to enter the closed former Nato base in Bagnoli, presumably for protection. 'There was a moment of panic … but then everything calmed down,' he said, adding, 'Obviously these are moments in which people are afraid.' Manfredi said the situation was 'under control'. The eruption of Campi Flegrei 40,000 years ago was the most powerful in the Mediterranean. A resurgence of seismic activity in the early 1980s led to a mass evacuation, which reduced the nearby city of Pozzuoli to a ghost town. Specialists, however, say a full-blown eruption in the near future remains unlikely.
