[News] Italian “Etna” releases a massive cloud into the sky

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The massive eruption of the Italian volcano of Mount Etna released a huge, towering cloud of ash and lava on Sunday, which fell on the villages of Sicily, in an explosion that is the latest in a series of volcanic explosions erupting since mid-February.

 

The Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said that the massive explosion that occurred at 2 am, was the tenth explosion of this magnitude since February 16th, when Europe's most active volcanoes began to show the power of nature, and dyed the night sky orange and red.

 

The mountain continued to rise throughout the night due to the increasing earthquakes.

Ash and small lava fell on eight villages on the slopes of Etna on Sunday morning, while lava flowed from the southeast crater slowly on an uninhabited side of the mountain, as it had been doing for the past three weeks, the institute said.

 

The plume of ash and lava reached a height of 10,000 meters on Sunday, according to scientists who monitor volcanic activity with specialized tools from an observatory in Etna, eastern Sicily.

 

Locals removed traces of ash and lava stones from the front stairs of their homes and balconies.

Residents used to cover their parked cars in the open air with carpets, blankets and cardboard sheets to facilitate cleaning after each explosion.

The Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said that the winds helped carry ash eastward, while there were no reports of injuries or serious damage after the recent explosions.

 

From time to time, Etna volcano, which is geologically active, grows loud and loud in its explosions, as it did recently.

By midday, volcano activity had slowed somewhat as the lava flow ended, although the volcano continued to spew "weak ash emissions" from the southeast crater.

The institute said in a statement that the volcanic tremors returned after a few hours again.

 

Scientists at the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology say there is no way to predict the likely timing of the lull in the current round of particularly strong volcanic activity.