Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, has erupted once more, prompting Italian authorities to issue an air alert in the ...

Mount Etna, an active volcano in Sicily, Italy, erupted again on Monday, sending up a miles-tall plume of ash and smoke that authorities said would not pose a threat to people.

Etna towers around 3,350 meters (around 11,050 feet) above sea level and is 35 kilometers (22 miles) in diameter, although the volcanic activity has changed the mountain’s height over time.

Mount Etna erupts in Italy sending huge plume of ash into sky A massive eruption was caught on camera of Mount Etna as it sent huge ash plumes into the sky over Sicily, Italy on Monday, June 2.

Etna which is Europe's tallest active volcano has been experiencing sporadic bursts of activity since erupting in late February.Many people living in the vicinity of the volcano have taken to ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Journalists and tourists got quite a scare while getting a close look at Italy's Mount Etna. Europe's largest and most-active volcano suddenly erupted Thursday.

Etna is the largest of Italy’s three active volcanoes which also include Stromboli, on the Sicilian island of the same name, and Mount Vesuvius near Naples which last erupted in 1944.

Sicily’s Mount Etna has put on a fiery show, sending a cloud of smoke and ash miles into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population.

Sicily’s Mount Etna has put on a fiery show, sending a cloud of smoke and ash miles into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population.

Sicily’s Mount Etna has put on a fiery show, sending a cloud of smoke and ash miles into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population.