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Tourists were running for their lives as volcano erupts suddenly
Mount Etna in Sicily in Italy, a popular tourist location, suddenly erupted on Sunday June 3 2025.
In videos circulating social media, tourists can be seen running for their lives as hot plumes of smoke erupt into the air.
Irish tourists who plan on heading to this tourist destination are warned amid orange aviation warning in place.
Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said in a statement: “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.”
The Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre Toulouse (Vaac) issued a brief “code red” for aviation due to the eruption. This has been downgraded to an orange aviation warning that remains in place.
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BREAKING: Mount Etna in Italy suddenly erupts.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 2, 2025
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