A seven-year-old girl was killed and her brother is missing after a mud geyser unexpectedly erupted. The two children were walking with their father on the boy's ninth birthday in the Maccalube nature reserve, north of Agrigento, in southern Sicily. The father, a police officer, was uninjured, but the girl's body was found shortly after the eruption on Saturday, while the boy could not be found. Members of a rescue team work at the site of a geyser eruption at the natural park of Maccalube, in Italy . A seven-year-old girl was killed and her brother is missing after the mud geyser erupted on Saturday . The Maccalube reserve offers an unusual landscape of small mud geysers that erupt sporadically . The father, a police officer, was uninjured, but the girl's body was found shortly after the eruption on Saturday - while the boy could not be found . A geyser is a hot spring that periodically erupts, throwing water into the air. Geysers are extremely rare and there are only around 1,000 that are active in the world . The Maccalube reserve offers an unusual landscape of small mud geysers that erupt sporadically. It was closed for part of August because of intense underground activity, press reports said. A geyser is a hot spring that periodically erupts, throwing water into the air. Geysers are extremely rare and there are only around 1,000 that are active. As such, tragedies such as this are uncommon. The two children were walking with their father on the boy's ninth birthday in the Maccalube nature reserve . The Maccalube reserve had been closed for part of August because of intense underground activity . Geysers are among the most rare natural phenomena on Earth and so tragedies like this are rare . They are among the most rare natural phenomena on Earth. Geologic conditions, such as hot springs and volcanoes, must be present for geysers to exist. Most of the world's geysers are spread among five countries: . United States - Yellowstone National Park . Russia - Dolina Geiserov . Chile - El Tatio . New Zealand - Taupo Volcanic Zone . Iceland - many locations .
Seven-year-old girl killed after mud geyser erupted in the Maccalube reserve .
Her nine-year-old brother is also missing after the eruption in Sicily, Italy .
Reserve had been closed for part of August because of underground activity .
A seven-year-old girl was killed and her brother is missing after a mud geyser unexpectedly erupted. The two children were walking with their father on the boy's ninth birthday in the Maccalube nature reserve, north of Agrigento, in southern Sicily. The father, a police officer, was uninjured, but the girl's body was found shortly after the eruption on Saturday, while the boy could not be found. Members of a rescue team work at the site of a geyser eruption at the natural park of Maccalube, in Italy . A seven-year-old girl was killed and her brother is missing after the mud geyser erupted on Saturday . The Maccalube reserve offers an unusual landscape of small mud geysers that erupt sporadically . The father, a police officer, was uninjured, but the girl's body was found shortly after the eruption on Saturday - while the boy could not be found . A geyser is a hot spring that periodically erupts, throwing water into the air. Geysers are extremely rare and there are only around 1,000 that are active in the world . The Maccalube reserve offers an unusual landscape of small mud geysers that erupt sporadically. It was closed for part of August because of intense underground activity, press reports said. A geyser is a hot spring that periodically erupts, throwing water into the air. Geysers are extremely rare and there are only around 1,000 that are active. As such, tragedies such as this are uncommon. The two children were walking with their father on the boy's ninth birthday in the Maccalube nature reserve . The Maccalube reserve had been closed for part of August because of intense underground activity . Geysers are among the most rare natural phenomena on Earth and so tragedies like this are rare . They are among the most rare natural phenomena on Earth. Geologic conditions, such as hot springs and volcanoes, must be present for geysers to exist. Most of the world's geysers are spread among five countries: . United States - Yellowstone National Park . Russia - Dolina Geiserov . Chile - El Tatio . New Zealand - Taupo Volcanic Zone . Iceland - many locations .
seven-year-old girl was killed and her brother is missing after the mud geyser erupted on Saturday Maccalube nature reserve . The Maccalube reserve had been closed for part of August because of