Mount Etna eruption and volcanic ash shut Sicily’s busiest airport

Mount Etna eruption and volcanic ash shut Sicily’s busiest airport

Flights will be suspended until at least 2pm local time (1200 GMT), as hundreds of travellers remain stranded. Published On 14 Aug 202614 Aug 2026 Continuing volcanic activity from Mount Etna has forced the closure of Sicily’s busiest airport. Authorities at Vincenzo Bellini Airport said on Friday that flights will remain suspended until at least … Read more

Guatemala’s ‘Volcano of Fire’ sends ash, lava flowing as hundreds flee

Guatemala’s ‘Volcano of Fire’ sends ash, lava flowing as hundreds flee

Fiery lava seen flowing from the volcano near the capital as disaster agency issues warning to nearby residents. Guatemalan authorities have ordered the evacuation of hundreds of people, after Central America’s most active volcano spewed gas and ash thousands of metres into the sky. According to an emergency bulletin issued late on Thursday by the … Read more

Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, spews plumes of ash | Volcanoes

Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, spews plumes of ash | Volcanoes

A huge plume of ash, gas and rock has spewed forth from Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, but authorities said there was no current danger to the population. Images showed a massive grey cloud billowing from the volcano on the island of Sicily, beginning about 11.24am local time on Monday, according to the … Read more

Indonesian volcano sends ash cloud 8km high, some flights cancelled

Indonesian volcano sends ash cloud 8km high, some flights cancelled

The eruption disrupted several flights and raised emergency warnings to their highest level for locals and tourists. An eruption by Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano, located in the southeastern part of Flores Island, spewed ash clouds more than 8km (5 miles) into the air, disrupting flights and raising emergency warnings to the highest level for … Read more

Philippines: Mount Kanlaon volcano erupts sending 3-mile ash plume into the sky

Philippines: Mount Kanlaon volcano erupts sending 3-mile ash plume into the sky

Courtesy of Dollet Demaflies/Handout/AFP/Getty Images Mount Kanlaon volcano spewing a large plume of ash during an eruption as seen from La Castellana town, Negros Occidental province, Philippines on June 3, 2024. CNN  —  Hundreds of residents living near Mount Kanlaon in the Philippines were ordered to evacuate Tuesday after the volcano erupted, sending a three-mile tall (five-kilometer) … Read more

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