{"id":151953,"date":"2025-06-02T19:44:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T19:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/italys-mount-etna-europes-largest-active-volcano-spews-plumes-of-ash-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T19:44:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T19:44:56","slug":"italys-mount-etna-europes-largest-active-volcano-spews-plumes-of-ash-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/italys-mount-etna-europes-largest-active-volcano-spews-plumes-of-ash-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s Mount Etna, Europe\u2019s largest active volcano, spews plumes of ash &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officials say there\u2019s no immediate danger after volcano generates eruptive cloud and pyroclastic flow <br \/>A huge plume of ash, gas and rock has spewed forth from Italy\u2019s Mount Etna, Europe\u2019s largest active volcano, but authorities said there was no current danger to the population.<br \/>Images showed a massive grey cloud billowing from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/video\/2025\/feb\/13\/drone-footage-captures-breathtaking-mount-etna-eruption-video\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">volcano on the island of Sicily<\/a>, beginning about 11.24am local time on Monday, according to the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV).<br \/>Surveillance cameras showed \u201ca pyroclastic flow probably produced by a collapse of material from the northern flank of the south-east crater\u201d, the agency said.<br \/>A pyroclastic flow occurs when volcanic rock, ash and hot gases surge from volcanoes. They are extremely dangerous.<br \/>The explosive activity \u201chad transitioned to a lava fountain\u201d, INGV said, with the plume of ash expected to dissipate towards the south-west.<br \/>The president of the region of Sicily, Renato Schifani, said experts had assured him there was \u201cno danger for the population\u201d, with the flow not having passed the Valley of the Lions, an area frequented by tourists.<br \/>Videos posted on social media appeared to show tourists hurrying down the side of the volcano, some taking photos, but AFP could not determine their authenticity.<br \/>\u201cThe partial collapse of the south-east crater, which generated an impressive eruptive cloud several kilometres high and a pyroclastic flow, is a phenomenon that we follow with extreme caution,\u201d Schifani said.<br \/>The head of the regional civil protection unit, Salvo Cocina, recommended that tourists avoid the area \u201cin consideration of the potential evolution of the phenomenon\u201d.<br \/>A red alert issued for aviation authorities said the height of the volcanic cloud was estimated at 6.5 kilometres (more than four miles).<br \/>The nearby Catania airport was still in operation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxORGVJWFlobXRvX2tEMEk0TGN3SFR6Mkt4ZWpFYXBqOF9XdWlxamhkZmpiYmFfZWJMR0RJbXE4ck9YQUZkRS1lWEpYaDk0RWJpcG9ia0daYUliYW9vampiamUtTVhhZmVhdW5IM3NvUHRkUG1FWHRzeUZUWWx4WU9rSkE0QW9rNUxRbWVGQm8wZ1FCeDlITl9yRGxSRXVKVUdyOV9ndmVkM1FubnFLX1NGaFhR?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials say there\u2019s no immediate danger after volcano generates eruptive cloud and pyroclastic flow A huge plume of ash, gas and rock has spewed forth from Italy\u2019s Mount Etna, Europe\u2019s largest active volcano, but authorities said there was no current danger to the population.Images showed a massive grey cloud billowing from the volcano on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}