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American Hiker Dies After Lightning Strike on Mount Etna in Italy

Published by New York Times World By Leo Sands and Josephine de La Bruyère · 17 August 2026 at 17:23
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American Hiker Dies After Lightning Strike on Mount Etna in Italy
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Rescuers found a 29-year-old man in serious condition on the volcano’s eastern slope on Sunday. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital in Catania.

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