Mount Etna erupts with huge plume of ash; tourists seek safety

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: USA Today

A volcanic eruption in Italy left people scurrying for cover from what officials are saying is a pyroclastic flow.

Several videos circulating online show people running as smoke from the side of Mount Etna, an active stratovolcano volcano in Sicily, filled the air on June 2.

Footage and photos were also shared by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) in Italy. The government agency wrote in a translated post that a pyroclastic flow, a combination of ash, rock, and gas, "probably produced by the collapse of material from the northern side of the Southeast Crater."

The INGV added that the "explosive activity" has "moved to "a lava mountain." According to GB News, an international news outlet, a spokesperson for the institute explained that "the values of the tremor amplitude are currently high with a tendency to increase further."

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/mount-etna-erupts-huge-plume-124820672.html

[CTyankee]

1. It's an active volcano, been up it as far as possible a couple of times.

It's interesting if you visit Sicily; I recommend it. They even sell you dried lava (but you can pick it up yourself if you go up far enough).

[BlueMTexpat]

2. It is definitely an interesting place.

And people living nearby simply go about their business as they have for centuries.

My husband and I visited Sicily and Mount Etna in March 1997 (that seems SO long ago now!). There were people skiing there. But what really struck me was seeing a team of huskies, training at pulling a sled there.

The ground was hot.

Skiers and huskies pulling sleds were a bit surreal!

[CTyankee]

4. Wow! I've been there a couple of times and never saw that! I love Sicily!

[BlueMTexpat]

5. It is a great place to visit,

when Mount Etna is not erupting, of course!

The island is a true crossroad of cultures!

Have you ever seen the "Inspector Montalbano" TV series: It's a lot of fun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Montalbano_(TV_series)

That series generated a spin-off, *The Young Montalbano,* that I also like. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Montalbano

If you haven't seen them, please try to find them somewhere.

[Xolodno]

3. I've been to the top of Mt. Vesuvius.

It was a bit cloudy that day, but the clouds were well above the mountain. I looked at "cloud" in the crater, when I realized, oh shit, that isn't cloud, that's steam as it was coming out of the mountain.