Etna, new eruption: roars heard from miles away

New eruption of Etna. Since last night, booms and explosions have followed one another and can be heard from miles away. After five days of respite, stones and ashes return to rain on the nearby towns. Around 4.30 the cameras of the Ingv Etneo Observatory recorded a new lava overflow of the South-East crater accompanied by a column of ash and loud roars until 6 in the morning that awakened the inhabitants of the municipalities of the hinterland of Catania. “We heard it well this morning, the voice of Etna, we heard the pressure waves that shook not only windows, doors and shutters, but even the walls and floors of the houses. And as always, nothing unusual (already , because all the things that Etna does are normal, for Etna), the phenomenon is always the same: lava bubbles that explode on the surface, a phenomenon that is therefore totally ‘pellicular’ and completely harmless “, says Boris Behncke, the Ingv volcanologist who has filmed the new explosions of today’s dawn of Etna. “The fact remains that it is something extremely spectacular and impressive, a manifestation of nature that shows us our space and confronts us with the energy of the volcano, an energy capable of making us disappear, which however also gives us a large part of what allows us to exist “, adds. Meanwhile, Sac, the management company of Catania’s Fontanarossa airport, reports on social media” possible delays on arriving and departing flights due to Etna eruption “.