MILAN — Sicily's Mount Etna put on a fiery show on Monday, sending a cloud of smoke and ash several kilometers (miles) into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population.
MILAN — Sicily's Mount Etna put on a fiery show on Monday, sending a cloud of smoke and ash several kilometers into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population. The level of alert due to the volcanic activity was raised at the Catania airport, but no immediate interruptions were reported. An official update declared the ash cloud emission had ended by the afternoon.
AP PHOTO The area of danger was confined to the summit of Etna, which was closed to tourists as a precaution, according to Stefano Branca, an INGV official in Catania. Sicily's president, Renato Schifani, said lava flows emitted in the eruption had not passed the natural containment area, 'and posed no danger to the population.' The event was captured in video and photos that went viral on social media.
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