";s:4:"text";s:1126:" On 22 December the Etna Volcano, located in the eastern part of Sicily, southern Italy, had a sudden eruption from a vent close to its main crater at 3300 m above sea level. Volcanic ash covered nearby villages, while planes into Catania airport had to be halted temporarily. But what happened on the island of Stromboli and is … Getty First published on July 3, 2019 / 7:13 PM A local volcanologist said it was Etna's "first flank eruption" in more than a decade. A HUGE volcano eruption in Italy on Wednesday, July 3, has left one dead and several missing.