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Mount Etna LIVE: Eruption sparks panic in Sicily as Catania Airport cancels flights
Mount Etna in Sicily has erupted as smoke fills the sky above the Italian island.
Catania Airport has also had to suspend flights due to safety fears.
Ash reportedly started rising from Etna ar around 7:45am this morning and intensified just before 9am.
La Sicilia reports: “From 7:45 a.m., ash emissions began from the vent on the upper eastern flank of the Voragine crater, intensifying around 8:45 a.m. until generating an eruptive cloud about 1.5 kilometers high above the volcano’s summit. For safety reasons, incoming flights to Catania-Fontanarossa airport have been suspended, while Ingv models indicate that the ash cloud will move toward the southern and south-southeast sectors in the coming hours.”
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