Flight operations were halted in an Italian city after Europe’s most active volcano— Mount Etna—erupted, spewing ash across the runway. The 3,330 metre (10,925 ft) high volcano, located on the eastern coast of Sicily near Catania city, began erupting Sunday morning, Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) told The Associated Press.

Italy's Mount Etna erupts, spews ash, forces airport to shutdown

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit the area around Europe's most active volcano Mount Etna overnight, injuring four people, damaging old buildings and forcing the closure of part of a highway running along the sea, Italian civil protection authorities said Wednesday.

Italy: 4.8 quake hits area near Sicily's Mount Etna

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