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Europa Press
The newspaper La Jornada
Monday, August 5, 2024, p. 16
Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology has confirmed that Mount Etna in Sicily erupted yesterday at 2:56 a.m., producing lava fountains and a 10-kilometer-high cloud with a rain of ash and pyroclastic fragments in an east-southeasterly direction. Acireale and Zafferana are the most affected areas, where a thick layer of volcanic dust has already been detected.
The crisis unit at Catania’s Fontanarossa Airport has ordered the closure of sector B1 and the reduction of arrivals to six flights per hour. This is the fifth eruptive phase of the crater. Maelstrom, the highest in Europe since July 4. According to experts, the activity of the colossus tends to decrease.
