Mount Etna, an active volcano on the east coast of Sicily, broke out on Monday and sent tourists on the mountain who run for safety.
The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) in Italy said that the volcanic activity was picked up with strombolic explosions in the early hours of the morning.
A warning for orange aviation has been issued after the eruption. ((Reuters: Marco Restive))
It reported that there was “growing intensity”.
“In the past hours, the fall of a little thin ash has been marked in the pianoetore area,” they added.
Mount Etna is the highest active volcano in Europe. ((Reuters: Marco Restive))
A video that is shared on X, taken by Carsten Aengenheyster, shows tourists who run through the volcano while suddenly sent columns of volcanic current and axle in the air.
Solid plumes waves heaven. ((Reuters: Marco Restive))
Volcanic steam rose at sunrise at Motta Camastra, Sicily. ((Reuters: ))
Civil servants of the INGV said that a pyroclastic electricity and an avalanche of burning axis that provided the slopes with a fast and high density-der “probably produced by a collapse of material from the northern flank of the southeast crater.”
A red aviation warning was issued by the Volcanic ASH Advisory Center Toulouse. The warning was later reduced to Orange.
Tourists clambered in safety while Ash Plumes struck 6,400 meters. ((Reuters: Giuseppe di Stefano))
Vibrations were felt in nearby villages. ((Reuters: Marco Restive))
The eruption did not influence the activities at the nearby Catania airport.
The area of danger was limited to the top of Etna, which as a precaution was closed to tourists, according to Stefano Branca, an INGV officer in Catania.
People watched how plumes stood volcanic axle from mount Etna. ((Reuters: Giuseppe di Stefano))
The president of Sicily, Renato Schifani, said that lava flows broadcast in the eruption had not passed the natural interlocking area, “and was not a danger to the population.”
Vibrations from the eruption were felt on a large scale in the towns and villages on the flanks of Mount Etna, Italian media reported.
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