The largest active volcano of the European plaque and located on the Italian island of Sicily (South), has erupted again with strong explosions, a high column of smoke and a casting of pyroclastic material on its southeast slope.
The authorities ensure that the eruption is not dangerous for the population to Not having exceeded a valley at 2,800 meters of altitude.
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The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) is controlling the situation and, in its last bulletin, has confirmed with its thermal chambers the presence of Pyroclastic flows, casts with lava and gases that moves at the ground level.
The flow, explains the observatory, has probably been produced by the collapse of a part of the southeast crater but “Hot material” “It seems not to have exceeded” the Lion Valleythat hikers usually cross in their rise to Etna.
The first notification of INGV It occurred at 02.39 local time (00.39 GMT) last night, when he warned of “A sudden variation of the parameters” at a height of 2,800 meters in this huge and very active Sicilian volcano.
Then, he found the ‘Strombolian’ activity -explained but releases one “modest“Energy- in the southeast crater, as well as” a gradual increase “of tremors.
In the last part, the INGV informs that explosive activity in the southeast crater has resulted in lava rashes and volcanic tremor has reached “Very high values”.
This eruption of the imposing Etna could be perfectly observed from the nearby city of Catania (South), which nevertheless maintains its operating airport.
The president of Sicily, Renato Schifaniruled out “for the moment” dangers for the population, according to the information it receives from the Civil defense.
“According to the first data, the material has not exceeded the edge of the Lion Valley and, As they assure me, there is no dangers for the population”, affirmed.
However, the person in charge of the Sicilian Civil Protection, except cooking, “The maximum concern” To the hikers and “Avoid the top area of the volcano. ”
At least “until new notice” due to “The potential evolution of the phenomenon”, He pointed out.
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