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"We volcanologists of long experience were just watching in amazement ...." These words of Dr. Boris Behncke are good enough to describe and make us understand what the paroxysm of Mt. Etna on February…
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Without brakes, but with a now constant pace, Mount Etna continues its daily eruptions. In the late evening of today, Monday 22 February 2021, the volcano thunders again in the dark. The INGV press…
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As widely predicted by the Institute of Volcanology of Catania, Mount Etna had not yet finished to amaze and a new paroxysm was waiting after the previous three. The volcano did not betray expectations…
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Etna gives no respite, and does not seem to have any itself. At 9 am on February 19, the volcano becomes restless to the point that the Institute of Volcanology immediately goes into alert.…
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It was a night of fire! Yet yesterday it all seemed to be over. "She is giving us only a break" .... the volcanologists of Catania had said, however, describing the apparent state of…
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The great eruption of Mount Etna, which had been expected for over a year, began at 4 pm on February 16th, 2021. First, a small lava overflow from the South East crater (SEC) and…
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On January 18th around 9:30 pm Mt. Etna surprises everyone once again and kicks off yet another unexpected paroxysm. Or rather, the volcanologists knew it would come, but the people did not. It all…
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Mount Etna show continues! The eruption that began on St.Lucy's Night 13 December 2020, in the summit area of the volcano does not seem to have respite yet. The experts had sensed it in…
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The eruption on Saint Lucy's Night started as a surprise, for many people who were looking at it from home. It was not a surprise for the "insiders". The experts volcanologists in fact had…
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Something is changing to south east! From the end of November, the explosive activity that has now characterized the summit of Mt. Etna for almost one year has intensified. It is now involving also…
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