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Mount Etna eruption live: Crater still smouldering after tourists flee strongest volcanic blast in four years - Footage shared on social media shows huge clouds of black smoke after the eruption ...
Smoke rises from the crater of the Etna volcano as it erupts, on Mount Etna near Catania, Italy, on Monday. A huge plume of ash, gas and rock spewed forth from Europe's highest active volcano.
Italy's Mount Etna, Europe's tallest volcano, erupted Monday, sending ash and rock into the air. We show you where.
The volcano department said the eruption was caused by part of Etna's southeast crater collapsing, which released the lava flows.
The lava flows and ash clouds were probably caused by the collapse of a flank of Etna’s southeast crater, authorities said, adding there was no danger to the population.
Mount Etna exhibits a Strombolian eruption, with a volcanic plume rising from the southeast crater, on June 2, 2025 in Catania, Italy. Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images ...
Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said the spectacle ensued when part of the southeast crater on Europe’s most active volcano collapsed.
INGV Vulcani later wrote that "the Southeast Crater has become a lava fountain," as the group revealed infrared images of lava flowing down the mountain.
The eruption caused a pyroclastic lava flow, a dangerous situation that occurs when “volcanic rock, ash, and hot gases” project from volcanoes. “The partial collapse of the Southeast Crater ...
According to news reports, an Italian observatory group said there was a “partial collapse” of the northern flank of the volcano’s southeast crater, which has produced spectacular lava flows ...
In a statement posted to social media, the agency confirmed that “explosive activity from the Southeast Crater has become a lava fountain,” signaling a significant escalation in volcanic activity.
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