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Mount Etna has erupted, sending a kilometres-high plume of ash into the sky and sending tourists fleeing from the popular World Heritage area. Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and ...
An aviation warning was put in place during the latest event, but the airport wasn't closed. Smoke billows from Mount Etna volcano, Italy, Monday, June 2, 2025. Credit: AP/Giuseppe Distefano ...
A massive volcanic plume emerges from Voragine crater as Mount Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy, Dec. 3, 2015.
MILAN — Sicily’s Mount Etna put on a fiery show Monday, sending a cloud of smoke and ash several kilometers (miles) into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population.
CATANIA, Italy — A massive eruption at Mount Etna forced tourists to flee the volcano on Monday after a plume of high-temperature gases, ash and rock "several kilometers high" billowed into the ...
Italy's Mount Etna erupted Monday. While the ash plume reached more than 21,000 feet in the air, authorities said the lava stayed contained inside the summit area, and there was no danger to the ...
Mount Etna is the tallest volcano in Europe, standing 11,165 feet tall, and it’s considered the most active. Sicily’s residents are accustomed to frequent eruptions with ash that often disrupt ...
Etna towers around 3,350 meters (around 11,050 feet) above sea level and is 35 kilometers (22 miles) in diameter, although the volcanic activity has changed the mountain’s height over time.
MILAN — Sicily’s Mount Etna put on a fiery show Monday, sending a cloud of smoke and ash several kilometers (miles) into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population.
Italy's Mount Etna, Europe's highest and most active volcano, erupted in spectacular fashion late on Thursday, lighting up the night sky with explosions and bright red molten lava.