Eruption Archives

Eruption is over: Etna is already planning the next stage

Posted on 24/08/2026 (24/08/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

The good news (for tourism) is that calm has returned to the skies above Etna. Catania airport has reopened and has been operating normally for at least a week. No more roars, clouds of ash, or spectacular lava flows in Valle del Bove. The eruption that began on August 6th seems finally over. If […]

Eruption update: a brand new unexpected show

Posted on 17/08/2026 (17/08/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

No, it wasn’t over. As we said in the previous article, you can never truly say “the end” with Etna. Yesterday, all instrumental parameters indicated the eruption at the Voragine crater was “over,” but this morning, not only did this crater awaken for the fifth time in a month… but it also dragged the nearby […]

Etna eruption on 6-14 august: is it really over?

Posted on 16/08/2026 (17/08/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

Etna is never over, not even when it’s over. This could be a motto of the future, referring to our vibrant volcano, which this summer of 2026—right at the peak of the tourist season—caused the worst disruption, creating serious economic damage to Catania Airport and accommodations on the east coast. Flights were diverted to Lamezia […]

Etna’s August 6th eruption update and overtourism

Posted on 10/08/2026 (10/08/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

Etna’s latest eruption, which began on August 6th and is still ongoing, has become the undisputed spectacle of the summer in Sicily. What seemed like “the usual paroxysm” has now expanded, with two lateral fractures opening at lower altitudes and several rivers of lava flowing rapidly down the valley. Almost five days after the event, […]

Mount Etna’s new eruption: things get complicated

Posted on 08/08/2026 (08/08/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

Things are getting complicated up there on the front of Etna’s new eruption—which began on the morning of August 6th and is still ongoing. Indeed, while the situation was already challenging, with paroxysms at the Voragine crater and the lava flow from there toward the Northeast crater, the opening of a lateral vent around 2,800 […]