Table 5 Top ranked words appearing in Gazzetta del Sud, with percentage of all words accounted for by each word group

1

Stromboli Island

291

9.9

2

Tsunami

143

4.7

3

Lipari

130

4.2

4

Sea

115

3.8

5

Civil Protection

104

3.4

6

Ginostra

78

2.6

7

Sciara del Fuoco

77

2.5

8

Residents

76

2.5

9

Stromboli Village

71

2.3

10

Volcano

62

2.0

11

Emergency

52

1.7

12

Aeolian Islands

48

1.6

13

Collapse

48

1.6

14

Terror/Fear

46

1.5

15

Yesterday

45

1.5

16

Phenomena

43

1.4

17

Helicopter

37

1.2

18

Messina

36

1.2

19

Damage

35

1.1

20

Lava

33

1.1

21

Landslide

33

1.1

Sum

1537

52.3