Mount Etna still smoldering day after eruption, drone video shows
Mount Etna still smoldering day after eruption, drone video shows
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Drone: Mount Etna billows volcanic gas after eruption
Drone footage of Mount Etna shows the volcano still billowing volcanic gas.
Europe's largest and most active volcano sent people scurrying on Monday, June 2, when it erupted, throwing plumes of ash and smoke into the air.
Mount Etna, an active stratovolcano located on the eastern coast of Sicily, Italy, is known for its frequent eruptions, which produce everything from huge explosions and lava flows to simple ash emissions, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Monday's activity was believed to be a "pyroclastic flow," according to a translated post shared by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV). This means the eruption was a combination of ash, rock, and gas, "probably produced by the collapse of material from the northern side of the Southeast Crater."
The local alerts for volcanic activity were downgraded to yellow as of Tuesday, a more typical rating for the area. No injuries were reported, no lava flow was spotted and operations at the nearby Catania airport remained normal after the eruption.
See video of Mount Etna smoldering day after eruption
Drone footage captured the day after shows the volcano continuing to smolder as gas escapes into the atmosphere.
See photos of Mount Etna eruption
Contributing: Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY
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