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Articles | Volume 25, issue 6
Articles | Volume 25, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-1943-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-1943-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 6
Research article
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13 Jun 2025
Research article |  | 13 Jun 2025

Estimating the mass of tephra accumulated on roads to best manage the impact of volcanic eruptions: the example of Mt Etna, Italy

Luigi Mereu, Manuel Stocchi, Alexander Garcia, Michele Prestifilippo, Laura Sandri, Costanza Bonadonna, and Simona Scollo

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By considering the quantification of tephra mass deposited on roads following an eruption (or a series of explosive volcanic eruptions), in this work we assessed the cumulated tephra mass on the road networks in three selected towns on Mt Etna’s eastern flank during several paroxysms in 2021. This is a first attempt to estimate the amount of tephra that must be removed during a crisis that could be reused, converting in this way a potential problem into an opportunity.
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