Italy has raised the Etna volcano to pre-alert status due to the high probability of new eruptions, after what began on Sunday and caused the temporary closure of the Catania airport, on the island of Sicily.
On Tuesday night, Sicily’s Civil Protection department issued a bulletin raising the status of Europe’s most active volcano after the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) warned of “big fluctuations” in average amplitude values. of volcanic tremor in the last 24 days. hours.
The alert for civil aviation was also high, but Catania’s international airport is working after being closed on Monday due to ash spewed by the volcano.
Mount Etna, located in Sicily, resumed its activity on Sunday by becoming a lava source, producing an eruptive cloud dispersed by southerly winds, as well as diverting the lava flow to the south of the crater, at an altitude of 2,800 meters. . .
According to the INGV, eruptive episodes like this are normal in the recent activity of the volcano and tend to cover the Sicilian cities that surround it with ash. The last one had happened in May.
Source: TSF
