Mount Etna intensified on Monday, Aug. 10, sending abundant volcanic ash south-southwest from its summit and disrupting incoming flights at Catania Airport as the eruption continued. The latest activity was reported by Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) at 10:16 a.

Flights at Sicily's Catania airport were suspended again Wednesday as fresh ash emissions from Mount Etna — Europe's highest and most active volcano — forced authorities to extend airspace restrictions that disrupted travel during the busy summer season.

Footage from the island showed the volcano engulfed in smoke on Thursday, while lava flowed from an opening 700 meters (2,295 feet) above sea level into the Mediterranean.

Catania international airport services the eastern part of Sicily, one of Italy’s most popular tourist destinations.

POZZUOLI, Italy — In the red zone of the awakening Phlegraean Fields, the most dangerous volcano in Europe, 2,000-year-old ruins are rising from the earth, thrust upward by hydrothermal force. The water line is receding at the docks as the ground rises.

"The View" looked a little different on Monday, July 6. Three co-hosts were absent because of weather-related travel disruptions, but it was Whoopi Goldberg's excuse that topped them all: A volcano erupted during her vacation in Italy.