News from Mount Etna
Volcano updates and news from Catania and Sicily: we keep you posted on the latest from Mount Etna.
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Etna activity
No, it wasn't over. As we said in the previous article, you can never truly say "the end" with Etna. Yesterday, all instrumental parameters indicated the eruption at the Voragine crater was "over," but…
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Etna activity
Etna is never over, not even when it's over. This could be a motto of the future, referring to our vibrant volcano, which this summer of 2026—right at the peak of the tourist season—caused…
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Etna activity
Mount Etna's new eruption, which began on August 6, appears to have become something "more". It could be a protracted event, with consequences still unpredictable despite ongoing monitoring by the INGV Volcanology Institute. While…
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Etna activity
Etna's latest eruption, which began on August 6th and is still ongoing, has become the undisputed spectacle of the summer in Sicily. What seemed like "the usual paroxysm" has now expanded, with two lateral…
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Etna activity
Things are getting complicated up there on the front of Etna's new eruption—which began on the morning of August 6th and is still ongoing. Indeed, while the situation was already challenging, with paroxysms at…
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Etna activity
Mount Etna is "singing" again, and it's doing so like a tenor, with a new eruption involving the Voragine crater. On the morning of August 7th, this eruption also saw the reopening of a…
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Etna activity
The new, sudden eruption of Mount Etna, which began at dawn on July 30, officially ended on August 1st. It was an eruption that had started like many others... increased tremors, paroxysm with lava…
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Etna activity
This time it was a real surprise! Almost no one expected the Etna eruption that began at dawn on July 30, 2026, except perhaps volcanologists and a few avid readers of volcanic tremor graphs.…
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Bivouac or refuge? At first glance, they seem more or less the same thing, but they're not. Generally speaking, they aren't, and especially on Mount Etna, there's a fundamental difference between the two that…
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Castiglione di Sicilia is one of the most charming villages in eastern Sicily, located in the metropolitan district of Catania, on the slopes of Mount Etna and within the picturesque Alcantara Valley. Mass tourism…
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