On Monday, June 2, 2025, dozens of tourists fled in panic after Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, erupted unexpectedly, sending a massive column of volcanic ash into the sky over the Italian island of Sicily.
Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology confirmed that the latest eruption caused a fast and dense pyroclastic flow, likely due to a partial collapse of the northern edge of the volcano’s southeastern crater.
A red-level aviation alert was briefly issued before being downgraded to orange.
