Table 3 Top ranked words appearing in La Repubblica, with percentage of all words accounted for by each word group

1

Stromboli Island

89

9.2

2

Volcano

48

4.9

3

Terror / Fear

40

4.1

4

Sea

38

3.9

5

Lipari

36

3.7

6

Collapse

35

3.6

7

Tsunami

30

3.1

8

Civil Protection

29

3.0

9

Sciara del Fuoco

25

2.6

=10

Stromboli Village

19

2.0

=10

Ship

19

2.0

12

Ginostra

17

1.8

13

Aeolian Islands

16

1.7

=14

Lava

15

1.5

=14

Port

15

1.5

=14

Coast

15

1.5

=14

Surveillance

15

1.5

Sum

486

51.6