Increased activity continues at Etna volcano, Italy, with numerous violent paroxysmal eruptive episodes and ash rising up to 10 km (32 800 feet) above sea level. Over the past couple of days, the Aviation Color Code was mostly Red. Strombolian activity at the Southeast Crater increased again at 23:50 UTC on June 24. This activity gradually evolved into lava fountaining by 01:00 UTC on June 25. A lava overflow was recorded at 01:15 UTC, spreading in an SW direction.
Lava fountaining episode ended at 01:48 UTC but weak Strombolian activity continued.
Poster Comment:
The world will have many more volcanoes and earthquakes over the next 40 years during this Grand Solar Minimum. In the Dalton Minimum we had a volcano in Indonesia that caused "1816 year without a summer." In 1709 three active volcanoes sent so much ash into the sky that the sun was blocked sufficiently to cause the Big Freeze in France. The top 40 inches of the soil froze and food prices spiked 600% higher.