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Mount Etna Ash Clouds Disrupt Flights at Sicily’s Catania Airport

Renewed Strombolian activity and heavy ash emissions from Mount Etna have caused repeated flight cancellations and disruptions at Catania airport, as civil protection authorities maintain emergency measures in parts of eastern Sicily.
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