VIDEO The Etna volcano intensifies its activity. The authorities have raised the level of alert
Etna Volcano Photo: Roby Fazio / SplashNews.com / Splash / Profimedia
Italy's Mount Etna, on the island of Sicily, showed new signs of activity on Friday, spewing incandescent materials and small amounts of ash from its northeastern crater, the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) in Italy announced, DPA reports on Saturday, taken over by Agerpres.
The cloud of ash and volcanic dust was blown northeast by the wind, with light ashfall reported in the region of the coastal town of Taormina and at Piano Provenzana, an area that includes ski slopes, the institute said in a Facebook post.
Sporadic explosions were also observed in the Bocca Nuova crater, where incandescent materials were thrown up to several tens of meters above the rim of the crater, according to INGV.
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Belle activitĂ© sur le crater NE (1), qui semble avoir avoir migrĂ© (ou ĂȘtre simultanĂ©e) sur la Voragine Ă gauche (2).
Remontée magmatique constatie sur les instruments avec un pic actuellement du tremor (3).
A coulée de lave was visible in the morning. (4)
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The regional civil protection agency has temporarily raised the alert level to indicate a high probability of lava fountains.
Etna, the most active volcano in Europe, with a height of approximately 3,400 meters, sometimes erupts several times a year and is under constant monitoring. Its height changes frequently as eruptions and the formation of volcanic cinder cones reshape the summit area. The frequent activity of the volcano attracts a large number of visitors, DPA also notes.
