Mt Etna eruption and activity, January 2026

[Astronuc]

Europe’s most active volcano is erupting, and tour guides are told to stay away
https://apnews.com/article/italy-mo...des-eruption-60f0280bd4af580abb405deaf2969d2e

MOUNT ETNA, Italy (AP) — 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.

Authorities in the city of Catania have suspended or restricted excursions to see the volcano’s lava flows, prompting guides to go on strike for the first time in decades and leaving disgruntled tourists with fewer options to see the spectacle up close.

Dozens of the guides demonstrated Wednesday in front of Mount Etna’s lava flow gate, calling the new restrictions excessive and saying the lava flows are slow-moving enough to be viewed safely as has been done in the past.

Report on Etna (Italy) — 1 January-7 January 2026
https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?wvar=GVP.WVAR20260101-211060
https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=211060

 

[jedishrfu]

I remember the New Zealand disaster where a tour group disembarked on an island on their way to the rum of a volcano and it erupted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Whakaari_/_White_Island_eruption