ROME (Reuters) - More than 90% of Italian municipalities are prone to landslides or other natural disasters, the head of the national civil protection agency said in a Monday interview. "94% of ...

The tortuous path of the new Italian seismic hazard map has hit another roadblock. Nature Italy has learned that the National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) has completed the internal ...

The Italian authorities carried out a drill of their plan to save a half-million people from toxic fumes, deadly quakes or a full eruption. Vesuvius isn’t the volcano they’re worried about. By ...

More than 1,800 Italian Civil Protection volunteers are currently deployed around St. Peter’s Basilica and throughout central Rome to coordinate and facilitate the flow of pilgrims paying their final ...