Guides who take tourists to enjoy the striking views of Sicily’s Mount Etna are up in arms over tougher restrictions imposed by local authorities after a round of eruptions at the giant volcano in recent weeks.

Recent activity indicates a projected eruption between Sunday and Wednesday, which would mark its 40th eruptive episode since Dec. 23, 2024.

From USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory livestreaming V2cam, a plume-like fountain erupted from the north vent during episode 24 on June 4–5, 2025, creating an elegant arc. With a maximum fountain height of 364 meters (1194 feet), this was the highest fountain observed up until that point. USGS photo.

Phivolcs raises Mayon Volcano's alert level further as the collapse of the lava dome at the volcano's summit generates pyroclastic density currents on Tuesday, January 6

Kilauea volcano put on another spectacular show Friday night with lava fountaining in Halemaumau crater reaching new heights for the latest eruption, which began nearly 10 months ago. Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano ...

A new eruption at Mount Etna sent lava flowing into Valle del Bove on New Year's Day, according to Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics.

State volcanologists raised Mayon Volcano’s alert status to Alert Level 3 on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, after the collapse of a growing lava dome triggered dangerous pyroclastic density currents, or “uson,

An earlier version of this story was published in 2024. It looks like just another hill in Sussex County, but you wouldn’t have wanted to have been standing there 420 million years ago. That’s about when the Beemerville Volcano erupted in Wantage, give ...

From Hawaiian Volcano Observatory livestreaming V2cam, a plume-like fountain erupted from the north vent during Episode 24 on June 4-5, 2025, creating an elegant arc. With a maximum fountain height of 1,194 feet, this was the highest fountain observed up until that point. (Photo Courtesy: U.S. Geological Survey)