Mount Etna -Europe’s largets and most active volcano- erupted on Monday, causing a magnitude 3.3 earthquake and the closure of Sicily’s Catania Airport for several hours, protothema.gr reports.
“Due to the eruption of #Etna from today 2pm (December 24th) #Catania airspace is closed,” the airport tweeted.
The airport announced that while it would be closed, some airspace would be reopened to allow four flights an hour to arrive.
It advised passengers to contact their airline prior to heading to the airport and confirmed that a “crisis unit” has met to discuss the issue.
Etna’s eruptions are relatively frequent and, according to Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, there has been a gradual rise in activity on the volcano over the last month.
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