Volcanic blast which sent tourists fleeing was most powerful in four years - Footage shared on social media shows huge clouds of black smoke after the eruption

A massive eruption at Mt. Etna forced tourists to flee the volcano on Monday after a plume of high temperature gases, ash and rock “several kilometers high” billowed into the air above them, Italian authorities said.

A sudden eruption at Sicily’s Mount Etna on Monday sent tourists, including some Americans, running for safety. It’s one of the larger eruptions it’s had in the last decade, with video showing a tower of smoke more than 20,