Mount Etna, the rambunctious volcano on the Italian island of Sicily, grumbled back to life on Monday, spewing hot ash and lava in a pyroclastic flow, the nation's volcano monitoring body said.

The Etna volcano in Catania, Sicily, erupts and unleashes a high cloud of lava ash. Handout/ANSA/AFP via Getty Images Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, erupted on Feb. 17, 2021.

Mount Etna erupted on Monday, surprising tourists and sending them fleeing to safety as huge plumes of ash and debris shot out of the volcano and into the sky, according to news reports.. A ...

Etna eruption style is 'peculiar and difficult', says expert 04:30, Alex Croft. The style of eruption which was seen from Mount Etna on Monday was “peculiar and difficult”, Volcano expert ...

Europe’s largest and most active volcano sent people scurrying on Monday, June 2, when it erupted, throwing plumes of ash and smoke into the air.. Mount Etna, an active stratovolcano located on ...

Mount Etna, the tallest and most active volcano in Europe, erupted on Monday on the Italian island of Sicily. Dramatic video footage shared on social media showed tourists fleeing down the side of ...

A volcanic plume from Italy's volcano Mount Etna seen above the Mediterranean Sea by Europe's Earth-observing satellite Sentinel-3 on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023.

As well as being the most active, Mount Etna is Europe’s highest volcano, at about 3,350 meters (almost 11,000 feet) tall. Ad Feedback. Ad Feedback. Ad Feedback. Ad Feedback.

Mount Etna has a longer written record of eruptions than any other volcano. The first recorded observation of a Mount Etna eruption was written by Diodorus Siculus in 425 B.C.

The southeastern flank of Mount Etna—one of Europe's highest active volcanoes, located on the Italian island of Sicily—is sliding into the Mediterranean Sea at the rate of a few centimeters ...

The southeast flank of Mount Etna in Sicily is sliding towards the sea at a rate of several centimetres a year. This might not sound like much, but the kind of stress that this movement creates inside ...