MILAN (AP) — Sicily’s Mount Etna placed on a fiery present Monday, sending a cloud of smoke and ash a number of kilometers (miles) into the air, however officers mentioned the exercise posed no hazard to the inhabitants.
The extent of alert because of the volcanic exercise was raised on the Catania airport, however no quick interruptions have been reported. An official replace declared the ash cloud emission had ended by the afternoon.
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Smoke billows from Mount Etna volcano, Italy, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Picture/Giuseppe Distefano)
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Smoke billows from Mount Etna volcano, Italy, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Picture/Giuseppe Distefano)
Italy’s INGV Nationwide Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology mentioned the spectacle on Europe’s most lively volcano was triggered when a part of the southeast crater collapsed, leading to sizzling lava flows. It was the 14th eruptive part in current months.
The realm of hazard was confined to the summit of Etna, which was closed to vacationers as a precaution, in response to Stefano Branca, an INGV official in Catania.
Sicily’s president, Renato Schifani, mentioned lava flows emitted within the eruption had not handed the pure containment space, “and posed no hazard to the inhabitants.”
The occasion was captured in video and photographs that went viral on social media. Tremors from the eruption have been broadly felt within the cities and villages on Mount Etna’s flanks, Italian media reported.
Video confirmed vacationers operating alongside a path on the flank of the huge volcano with smoke billowing far within the background. Excursions are standard on Etna, which is a few 11,000 ft excessive, with a floor space of about 460 sq. miles.
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