Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, spewed smoke and ash high into the air. But the defining event of Monday’s eruption was the more rare pyroclastic flow from the ...

Inspiring ancient Greek legends, Etna has had scores of known eruptions in its history. An eruption in 396 BC has been credited with keeping the army of Carthage at bay.

Locals close to the volcano took Monday’s eruption in their stride. “Mount Etna is erupting, look!” said Giorgio, a local hotel owner who explained the eruptions are regular and that ...

Nicholas DiLeonardi and Michelle Nigro-DiLeonardi are on their honeymoon. Two American tourists are speaking out after escaping the eruption of Mount Etna in Italy. The stratovolcano, which is ...

Despite the many viral videos of people fleeing down Mt. Etna during the eruption, no injuries or fatalities have resulted or been reported so far. According to U.S. Geological Survey, ...

How volcanoes differ in shape and size. Mount Etna has a 500,000-year history of eruptions, with at least 2,700 years of such activity recorded, according to UNESCO, a United Nations Educational ...

Mount Etna exhibits a Strombolian eruption, with a volcanic plume rising from the southeast crater, on June 2, 2025 in Catania, Italy. Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images ...

People take pictures of the smoke rising over the city of Taormina during an eruption of the Mount Etna, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, near Catania, Dec. 4, 2015.

Tourists on the Italian island of Sicily were forced to flee on Monday from the slopes of Mount Etna, one of Europe’s largest and most active volcanoes, after an eruption sent clouds of gas ...

The latest Mount Etna eruption triggered an avalanche of volcanic material and sent ash miles into the air. Spectacular photos and videos capture the eruption of Europe's largest active volcano.

Mount Etna, an active stratovolcano located on the eastern coast of Sicily, Italy, is known for its frequent eruptions, which produce everything from huge explosions and lava flows to simple ash ...

Lava flows during an eruption of the Mount Etna volcano, Sicily, late on May 12, 2025. Mount Etna erupts Lava flows from a fracture of the Mount Etna volcano late on February 10, 2025.