Mount Etna LIVE: Huge volcano erupts in Italy as pictures surface

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Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe, has erupted.

Mount Etna erupting live

Mount Etna is erupting (Image: X)

Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe, started erupting once again on June 2. Extraordinary pictures of the massive eruption emerged on Monday morning, showing huge plumes of smoke rising sky high.

Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology issued a statement at 11.03am local time (10.03am BST), saying: "Over the past few hours, the activity flagged in the previous statement issued at 4.14am (3.14am BST) has carried on with strombolian explosions of growing intensity that, at the moment, are of strong intensity and nearly continuous. Over the past few hours, the falling of a little thin ash has been flagged in the Piano Vetore area."

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11 mins ago11:19 Lotti OBrien

Video footage shows smoke pouring out

Video footage has emerged across social media platforms showing Mount Etna erupting. White smoke is seen billowing out from the volcano.

Mount Etna is putting on a show right now as the Mediterranean voyage is about to begin.

Location: Sicily, Italy \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 \ud83c\udf0b
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16 mins ago11:14 Lotti OBrien

Where is Mount Etna?

Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania. It is located between the cities of Messina and Catania.

It is the highest Mediterranean island mountain and the most active stratovolcano in the world.

19 mins ago11:11 Lotti OBrien

'Explosions of growing intensity'

Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said: "Over the past few hours, the activity flagged in the previous statement issued at 4.14am (3.14am BST) has carried on with strombolian explosions of growing intensity that, at the moment, are of strong intensity and nearly continuous. Over the past few hours, the falling of a little thin ash has been flagged in the Piano Vetore area."

28 mins ago11:02 Alice Scarsi