A cloud of ashes that reaches 5000 meters in altitude rose above the Etna volcano, so a crisis task force was created on the Catania airport in order to follow the situation.
A huge cloud of ashes lifted above the Etna volcano on Thursday morning in Sicily, the authorities announced.
A strip of lava was also spotted on the top of the volcano, on the south east crater and it is heading towards the Valle Del Bove area.
Having a height of 3,329 meters, the Etna volcano is the tallest active volcano in Europe.
