LIVE – Updated at 08:27. Mount Etna’s craters continue to smoulder two days after its largest eruption in four years sent tourists fleeing from a vast column of gas and ash on Monday.

Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, spewed smoke and ash high into the air. But the defining event of Monday’s eruption was the more rare pyroclastic flow from the ...

Deadly past. Inspiring ancient Greek legends, Etna has had scores of known eruptions in its history. An eruption in 396 B.C., has been credited with keeping the army of Carthage at bay.

Deadly past. Inspiring ancient Greek legends, Etna has had scores of known eruptions in its history. An eruption in 396 B.C., has been credited with keeping the army of Carthage at bay.

Mount Etna's eruption, captured by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, revealed massive plumes of ash and smoke, as lava streaked down the side of the volcano.

Inspiring ancient Greek legends, Etna has had scores of known eruptions in its history. An eruption in 396 BC has been credited with keeping the army of Carthage at bay.

Deadly past. Inspiring ancient Greek legends, Etna has had scores of known eruptions in its history. An eruption in 396 B.C., has been credited with keeping the army of Carthage at bay.

Deadly past. Inspiring ancient Greek legends, Etna has had scores of known eruptions in its history. An eruption in 396 B.C., has been credited with keeping the army of Carthage at bay.

Deadly past. Inspiring ancient Greek legends, Etna has had scores of known eruptions in its history. An eruption in 396 B.C., has been credited with keeping the army of Carthage at bay.

Deadly past. Inspiring ancient Greek legends, Etna has had scores of known eruptions in its history. An eruption in 396 B.C., has been credited with keeping the army of Carthage at bay.

Deadly past. Inspiring ancient Greek legends, Etna has had scores of known eruptions in its history. An eruption in 396 B.C., has been credited with keeping the army of Carthage at bay.