Nerves on edge as earthquake-hit Azores island braces for disaster

SAO JORGE, Portugal, March 25 (Reuters) – Patiently waiting for a flight back to the lush green mid-Atlantic volcanic island he calls home, hotel owner Filipe Azevedo cannot hide the fear. Sao Jorge, in Portugal’s Azores, is bracing for what could be a major natural disaster.The island has been rattled by thousands of small earthquakes in recent days, and there are fears that the more than 2,000 tremors recorded since last Saturday could trigger a volcanic eruption or a powerful quake. read more “We are all very anxious,” 42-year-old Azevedo said at the airport gate in Sao Miguel, Azores’ biggest island, …
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