Etna Opens New Vent in Valle Del Bove After Intense Lava Fountaining, Ash Disrupts Catania Airport, Italy
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The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Observatory Etneo, announced on Saturday morning that at 11.30 a.m. a new eruptive mouth has opened in Valle del Bove, at an altitude of 2550 meters, near M.te Rittmann. From a seismic point of view, the tremor has been added in the last 24 hours [...] The article Etna, opened a new eruptive mouth in Valle del Bove. In the afternoon the air space reopened comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Volcanic activity has increased again at Mount Etna on the Italian island of Sicily. Strombolian eruptions, along with ash eruptions, have been observed in the Voragine Crater, while a new lava flow has formed towards the northeast of the crater.
The Italian news agency Ansa reported that the airspace over Mount Etna has been closed due to the ongoing volcanic eruption. At the same time, it was decided to suspend all flight operations at Catania Airport until 9:00 PM on Friday, August 7. Red Alert Level: The closure comes after INGV (Etna Observatory) raised the aviation warning level from orange to red due to the presence of a high-altitude volcanic ash cloud. The Italian Air Transport …
The island's main airport suspended its flights on arrival until 9 p.m.
Etna's volcanic activity has paralyzed Catania's airport, preventing many tourists from leaving Sicily. A Polish resident on the island described the difficulties he faced.
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