Actual rocks. Falling from the actual sky.

Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, has erupted again, showering volcanic ash on towns dotting the mountain’s slopes and nearby Taormina.

Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, has erupted again, lighting up the sky over much of eastern Sicily and shooting up a towering column of ash.

Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, has erupted, sending up a towering plume of ash visible in much of eastern Sicily.

Italy’s Mount Etna has come back to life with a brief eruption sending lava down its slopes and a cloud of ash into the sky.

The volcano of Ischia, a resort island famed for its thermal waters off the coast of Naples, could potentially erupt, Italian disaster experts said.

Volcanic ash from Mount Etna fell on Catania in Sicily today, forcing authorities to close the airport overnight, airport officials said.

Volcanic ash from Mount Etna fell on Catania today, forcing authorities to close the airport overnight, airport officials said.

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The tiny volcanic island of Stromboli in southern Italy was closed off to tourists today after a landslide caused several injuries.

Rocked by two earthquakes five minutes apart, frightened people today raced out of their homes on Mount Etna’s slopes, where a thick river of lava was threatening a refuge for hikers.

Molten rock was moving up toward the openings of Sicily’s Mount Etna volcano today, but clouds of ash pouring out of the crater were diminishing, experts said.

ITALIAN parents screamed frantically last night as they listened to groans from their dying children buried under tons of concrete after an earthquake brought their nursery school crashing down.

At least four children were reported to have been killed in southern Italy today when an earthquake brought their nursery school roof down on top of them.

A string of earthquakes today shook the area around the erupting Mount Etna volcano, sending panicked villagers tripping and falling as they ran from their homes and forcing the evacuation of some 1,000 people from buildings rocked by the tremors.

A series of earthquakes – the strongest reaching a magnitude of 4.3 – shook the area around Sicily’s Mount Etna today, sending people in the nearby town of Catania into the streets in panic.

Mount Etna, Europe’s biggest and most active volcano, came to life again today, with a river of lava coming out of its mouth and a series of small quakes damaging buildings on its slopes, officials said.

Two Swiss tourists were killed by lightning 9,000 feet up Mount Etna in Sicily.

A dark rain of ash and cinders from Mount Etna blanketed Catania airport again on today, forcing officials to close it for the weekend.

Fountains of ash, rock and sand rained down on Sicily’s Mount Etna, but a river of molten lava that had threatened to swallow up a tourist station stopped its fiery advance.

The two main rivers of molten lava flowing down Mount Etna appeared to have slowed down today.

People living on the slopes of Sicily's Mount Etna are asking for divine protection from the volcano.

The Italian army has been called in to combat eruptions from Mount Etna, Europe's biggest and most active volcano.

A state of emergency has been declared in parts of Sicily over Mount Etna's continuing eruption.

Sicilians were using umbrellas today to protect themselves from the ash raining down from Mount Etna.

Mount Etna has put on a spectacular display, spewing glowing red lava and plumes of smoke.