Mount Etna, the rambunctious volcano on the Italian island of Sicily, grumbled again to life on Monday, spewing scorching ash and lava in a pyroclastic stream, the nation’s volcano monitoring physique stated. There was no fast report of any threat to the native inhabitants, which is accustomed to Etna’s frequent eruptions, or to air journey.
The volcano division, which is run by Italy’s Nationwide Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology, famous on Monday “explosions of increasing intensity” that it stated have been “almost continuous.”
By midday native time, INGV Vulcani stated in a social media publish that the “explosive activity from the Southeast Crater has become a lava fountain,” and infrared photos posted by the group confirmed the stream of lava down the mountain’s face.
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Video shared earlier on the institute’s Fb web page confirmed a large plume of smoke and ash rising into the clear blue sky.
Mount Etna is taken into account essentially the most lively volcano in Europe, and essentially the most lively stratovolcano on the planet. A stratovolcano — what many individuals consider after they hear the phrase volcano — is the conical kind, usually with a central crater, that’s shaped by layer upon layer of lava from repeated eruptions over the millennia.
A screengrab from video posted by the Volcano Division of Italy’s Nationwide Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology exhibits Mount Etna on Sicily erupting on June 2, 2025.
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Etna had a big eruption simply over a yr in the past, when it handled watchers to uncommon ring-like clouds puffed out by its crater, often known as vortex bubbles. (See the video on the prime of this text.)
Etna has erupted at the least as soon as yearly for the previous a number of years, generally protecting close by cities in a layer of volcanic mud, however inflicting no main issues in any other case.
