Autoridades Italianas decreed laranja
It is the most active in Europe and has erupted again. The Etna volcano in Sicily, Italy, launched a huge cloud of smoke on Monday, visible in much of the Italian island, by surprise the inhabitants and many tourists.
The National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology in Italy placed the activity of the orange alert, the second most serious, after having recorded strong stroke explosions – a type of eruption – “of increasing intensity,” as the body says. The volcano erupted at 00:39 local (less one hour in mainland Portugal).
For no longer reported by the Italian authorities, any type of damage, nor the intensity of the eruption, have been not deviated flights at Catania Airport. The last update indicates that volcanic material had not yet surpassed Valle del Leone, which is on the way to the summit of the volcano.
On social networks, publications did not appear when the volcano erupted. Several groups of tourists were even forced to return from their excursion as soon as the cloud of smoke came out, as shown in publications made on the social network X.
Mt Etna erupting during our tour- all safe but it was scary!
— Jamie Boone (@JamieBoone)
A powerful eruption of Mount Etna sent tourists running as a huge ash plume rose into the sky on Monday.
— AccuWeather (@accuweather)
The Etna volcano is located between the cities of Messina and Catania, is one of the highest volcanoes in Europe and is in a constant state of eruption, having been the last major eruption recorded in February this year.
