Sicily’s Mount Etna has sent a cloud of smoke and ash several miles 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 Catania Airport, but no immediate interruptions were reported.
An official update declared the ash cloud emission had ended by Monday afternoon.
Italy’s INGV National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said the spectacle on Europe’s most active volcano was caused when part of the south-east crater collapsed, resulting in hot lava flows.
Officials said the activity appeared to be…