Mount Etna eruption live: Crater still smouldering after tourists flee strongest volcanic blast in four years - Footage shared on social media shows huge clouds of black smoke after the eruption ...

Smoke rises from the crater of the Etna volcano as it erupts, on Mount Etna near Catania, Italy, on Monday. A huge plume of ash, gas and rock spewed forth from Europe's highest active volcano.

Italy's Mount Etna, Europe's tallest volcano, erupted Monday, sending ash and rock into the air. We show you where.

The volcano department said the eruption was caused by part of Etna's southeast crater collapsing, which released the lava flows.

Several videos circulating online show people running as smoke from the side of Mount Etna filled the air on June 2.

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 ...

The lava flows and ash clouds were probably caused by the collapse of a flank of Etna’s southeast crater, authorities said, adding there was no danger to the population.

Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said the spectacle ensued when part of the southeast crater on Europe’s most active volcano collapsed.

Italy's Mount Etna on the island of Sicily erupted Monday, spewing ash and hot lava that sent tourists fleeing from the 10,925-foot mountain, which is one of the world's most active volcanoes.

The eruption caused a pyroclastic lava flow, a dangerous situation that occurs when “volcanic rock, ash, and hot gases” project from volcanoes. “The partial collapse of the Southeast Crater ...

This followed a dramatic Monday, which saw a midday blast propel volcanic material 18 kilometres (11 miles) into the sky, and an evening burst that spewed lava and sent volcanic ash as high as 13 ...