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Mount Etna spews lava as Europe's most active volcano erupts again

The eruption sent plumes of ash rising a few kilometres above the top of the volcano and, pushed by the wind towards the south, covered nearby cities.

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Mount Etna volcano explodes and closes nearby airport

Mount Etna, one of the world's most active volcanoes, belched smoke and ashes in a new eruption on Tuesday.

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Lava spews from Italian volcano Mount Etna in series of explosions

Mount Etna, located in Sicily, is Europe's most active volcano.

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Watch lava explode out of Mount Etna

Over the weekend, Mount Etna lit up the night sky with a spectacular display of lava.

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Italy's Mount Etna spews rocks and lava in volcanic explosions

Explosions from Mount Etna, Europe's largest active volcano, sent lava rocks flying into the air and left orange streams oozing down the slopes.

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Residents on island of Java clear up ash from Mount Semeru volcano

Indonesia is home to about 130 active volcanoes because of its position in the "Ring of Fire" plate belt.

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Explosions from Mt. Etna send lava rocks flying and lava flowing

Etna is the largest of Italy's three active volcanoes which also include Stromboli, on the Sicilian island of the same name, and Mt Vesuvius near Naples.

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Italy's Mount Etna volcano erupts and puts on a spectacular show

It's Europe's tallest active volcano.

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Locals gather to watch volcano erupt on French island of Reunion

Reunion is situated in the Indian Ocean, east of Africa and Madagascar.

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New Zealand files 13 safety charges after volcano killed 22

New Zealand authorities filed safety violation charges on Monday against 10 organisations and three individuals after a volcanic eruption at White Island last year killed 22 people.

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Geologists in New Zealand plan to deep into extinct volcano for heat

They are planning to drill into an extinct 11-million-year-old volcano to use its heat as an alternative energy resource and reduce climate-damaging emissions.

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Indonesia Sinabung volcano spews new burst of hot ash

The volcano in North Sumatra province was shooting smoke and ash more than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) into the air and hot ash clouds travelled one kilometre (0.6 mile) south east, Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Centre said.

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Indonesia's Sinabung volcano sends ash spewing into the sky

Rumbling Mount Sinabung on Indonesia’s Sumatra island erupted Monday, sending a column of volcanic materials as high as 5,000 metres into the sky.

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Pompeii to unveil new remains as it reopens after COVID-19 lockdown

The site of the Roman city of Pompeii - destroyed by the eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD (CE) - is returning from lockdown in expanded form.

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Indonesian volcano spews smoke, ash into sky

Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted spewing a plume of ash above Java on Tuesday morning, March 3.

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In pictures: the best images from this week's biggest stories

This week in pictures: Heavy volcanic ash covered villages in the Philippines and the world's biggest annual human migration has started.

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Clean-up underway in the Philippines after volcanic eruption

The latest footage shows houses and streets covered in ash.

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Ashes and steam: Dramatic photos of Philippines' Taal volcano eruption

In pictures: Thousands flee for safety from the world's smallest volcano

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Black smoke spews out of Philippines volcano as Manila airport closes

Clouds of ash travelled 100 kilometres.

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Lava gushes from Philippine volcano, forcing thousands to flee

Thousands flee Taal volcano eruption in Philippines as ash shuts Manila airport