Mount Etna erupts as skiers watch spectacle from slopes | News | EUROtoday

Mount Etna erupted on Saturday (December 27), sending a thick plume of volcanic ash billowing into the sky as skiers watched on.

Explosive exercise at Etna’s summit craters intensified, producing steady ash emissions, Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) mentioned.

Scientists issued a pink Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation (VONA), signalling a possible danger for plane.

However, flights had been working usually at Catania Fontanarossa Airport, authorities mentioned, including that no disruption was anticipated until ashfall elevated.

Italy has the very best focus of energetic volcanoes in continental Europe. Etna is likely one of the world’s most energetic volcanoes.