Mount Etna on the Italian island of Sicily experienced renewed volcanic activity the day before yesterday. The mountain's northeastern crater emitted glowing materials and small amounts of ash. According to the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, the wind blew the eruption cloud towards the northeast. Light ash fall was recorded in the coastal town of Taormina and in the Piano Provenzana area, which includes ski slopes. The institute also detected intermittent explosions at the 'Boca Nova' crater, which ejected glowing materials to heights of tens of meters above the crater's rim. The regional civil protection agency temporarily raised the alert level in anticipation of possible lava fountains. Mount Etna is the most active volcano in Europe, with a height of about 3,400 meters, and it erupts year-round.
