WATCH | Italian Energetic Volcano Mt Etna Erupts Once more Spewing Ash, Forcing Airport ClosuresPublished 6 hours in the past

Lengthy streams of red-hot lava move down the southeast crater of Mount Etna, Europe’s tallest and most energetic volcano, seen from Zafferana Etnea, Italy. (Picture: Reuters File)
Etna, Europe’s highest energetic volcano, has skilled frequent eruptions all through its geological historical past spanning 500,000 years.
Mount Etna, one of many world’s most energetic volcanoes, belched smoke and ashes in a brand new eruption on Sunday, forcing the closure of a close-by airport in Sicily.
“Because of the eruptive exercise of Etna and copious quantities of volcanic ash on the airport surfaces, flight operations are suspended till security circumstances are restored,” Catania airport mentioned in an announcement.
Loud rumbles might be heard within the area from early Sunday, the Repubblica each day mentioned.
However heavy cloud across the volcano’s summit made it inconceivable to see the eruptions, the Nationwide Institute for Geophysics and Vulcanology mentioned.
At 3,324 metres (almost 11,000 ft), Etna is the tallest energetic volcano in Europe and has erupted often previously 500,000 years.
Round 10 million passengers final yr transited by way of Catania Worldwide Airport, which companies the japanese a part of Sicily, considered one of Italy’s hottest vacationer locations.
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