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The level of alert in the volcanic
Campi Flegrei area near Naples currently affected by bradyseism,
or ground uplift, is to remain at yellow, Civil Protection
Minister Nello Musumeci said on Tuesday.
The national commission for major risks "maintains that the
earthquake is evolving and therefore for now the yellow alert is
broadly confirmed," said Musumeci.
Earlier in the day the minister told the Lower House Environment
Committee that the expert panel had "informed us that it is
necessary to prepare for the possible need to quickly move
towards a higher level of alert than yellow" in the area known
as the Phlegrean Fields in English, where recent big seismic
activity has led to fears of harm to people and property.
"There is no alarm, this must be stated clearly," added
Musumeci.
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