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Updated · libyaupdate.com · Jul 3Mount Etna Extends Eruption to 7th Day as Italy Raises Orange Aviation Alert
3 articles · Updated · libyaupdate.com · Jul 3Summary
- Italy raised Mount Etna's aviation alert to orange after ash and lava continued erupting for a seventh straight day from the Voragine crater.
- A fissure that opened near 3,000 meters on June 26 has driven fluctuating ash emissions and lava flows visible on Etna's eastern slopes.
- Catania Fontanarossa Airport has not been affected so far, the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology's Catania branch said.
- Mount Etna rises about 3,300 meters on Sicily and is Europe's highest active volcano, with eruptions occurring frequently through the year.
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