Video: Italy's Mount Etna erupts in a fiery show
Sicily's Mount Etna erupted on Monday, sending a cloud of smoke and ash several kilometres into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population.
The level of alert due to the volcanic activity was raised at the Catania airport, but no immediate interruptions were reported.
An official update declared the ash cloud emission had ended by the afternoon.
The event was captured in video and photos that went viral on social media. Tremors from the eruption were widely felt in the towns and villages on Mount Etna's flanks, Italian media reported.
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