Table 7 Top ranked words appearing in La Sicilia, with percentage of all words accounted for by each word group

1

Stromboli Island

230

11.1

2

Tsunami

79

3.8

3

Sea

75

3.6

4

Residents

70

3.4

5

Civil Protection

66

3.2

6

Volcano

65

3.1

7

Collapse

55

2.7

8

Lipari

51

2.5

9

Sciara del Fuoco

48

2.3

10

Stromboli Village

44

2.1

11

Terror / Fear

36

1.7

12

Aeolian Islands

34

1.6

13

Landslide

33

1.6

14

Surveillance

30

1.5

=15

Evacuation

29

1.4

=15

30/12/2002

29

1.4

=17

Boat + Hydrofoil

28

1.4

=17

Lava flow

28

1.4

19

Earthquake

27

1.3

Sum

1030

51.2