Viral Videos Show Tourists Running as Mount Etna Erupts

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Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy erupted on Monday, sending plumes of smoke and ash into the sky and sending tourists running. Etna is a popular destination for outdoor enthusiasts visiting the area, but visitors and their guides got more than they bargained for when the eruption sent a volcanic cloud over 20,000 feet into the air. Daily Mail called the plume “ginormous.”

Videos of tourists fleeing the scene have gone viral on social media. However, according to NBC News, officials said the brief but powerful eruption was not dangerous to the public. The people on scene may have felt differently, though.

“Tourists visiting Mount Etna were forced to run for their lives after a ginormous ash cloud erupted behind them,” Daily Mail wrote in the caption of its TikTok video showing a compilation of videos from people who were there. “A red aviation warning was briefly issued by the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre Toulouse but has now turned to orange.”

Watch footage of tourists fleeing the Mount Etna eruption on Monday:

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Sicily’s Mount Etna put on a fiery show, sending a cloud of smoke and ash into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the public.

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Here’s the compilation video from Daily Mail on TikTok:

And here is a YouTube video of the eruption:

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