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Etna's Ash Cloud Disrupts Summer Travel Across the Islands
Mount Etna's eruption has halted flights at Catania airport for the second time this week, stranding thousands of summer travellers and sending ripple effects across the Mediterranean islands.
Gavino Sanna · 402 words
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Geography & climate
Mediterranean, windy, increasingly dry.
A large, ancient, granite island — mountains, the Costa Smeralda, sparse interior, long coasts.
Economy & culture
Tourism, agriculture and pastoralism, energy and petrochemicals, a fragile interior economy.
The nuraghi and a pre-Roman past, the Sardinian language, shepherding, a strong island identity.