Mount Etna eruption: Huge column of smoke rises over Sicily from volcano

Mount Etna in Italy, spewed smoke and ashes last night in a spectacular new eruption which caused flights to be canceled. The eruption at the southeastern crater began late on Tuesday afternoon and sent columns of ash rising more than 3,000ft into the air.

Small stones and dirt raining from the sky caused officials to close Catania's airport, while emergency services in the nearby villages of Linguaglossa, Fornazzo and Milo were on alert. Footage taken by locals showed smoke glowing red and yellow stretching for miles across the evening sky as red-hot lava poured from the snow-capped summit.

Experts classified the eruption as Strombolian activity, a moderate eruption with continuous but relatively mild blasts and a shower of incandescent cinders, rocks and lava fragments. The most extreme form of volcanic activity, Plinian eruptions, are characterised by explosive outbursts generating a dense mixture of gas and volcanic fragments that move at tremendous speed.

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