- 6d ago
Catania airport extends flight suspension to third day as Mount Etna ash cloud rises 4 kilometers
Operator SAC prolonged the closure of Sicily's Catania-Fontanarossa Airport until Monday midnight after volcanic ash from Mount Etna triggered a top-level red aviation alert.
- Sep 14
Catania airport reopens as Mount Etna ash cloud subsides in Sicily
Flights at Sicily's Catania International Airport resumed on Tuesday evening after the alert level for Mount Etna was downgraded from red to orange.
- Aug 28
Catania prosecutors investigate acquaintance for murder after woman found hanged in burning house
Italian prosecutors in Catania have placed a 49-year-old acquaintance under investigation for murder following the discovery of 33-year-old Noemi Impellizzeri hanged inside her burning home in Riposto.
- Aug 17
American hiker from Kansas killed by lightning on Mount Etna while climbing in restricted area
A 29-year-old American hiker from Kansas died after being struck by lightning on Mount Etna Sunday evening while climbing through a restricted area closed to the public, as Italy's fifth heatwave gave way to violent storms across the country.
- Aug 17
Mount Etna opens new effusive vent as volcanic ash restricts Catania flights
A new effusive fissure opened in the Valle del Bove at up to 2,350 metres altitude on Monday, sending an ash cloud across Sicily that capped Catania airport arrivals at 10 flights per hour.
- Aug 10
Etna eruption closes Catania airport through Friday, cancelling nearly 700 flights
Mount Etna's ongoing eruption has kept Catania's airport closed since August 8, cancelling nearly 700 flights and disrupting travel for tens of thousands of tourists at the height of Italy's summer holiday season.
- Jul 24
Gerardina Trovato cancels summer tour after throat cyst diagnosis, faces two urgent surgeries
The Italian singer-songwriter announced on Instagram that a cyst pressing on her vocal cords requires two operations, forcing her to suspend her 'Garantisco il ritorno' tour and undergo rehabilitation.
- Jul 11
Brother chases fishmonger sibling down Riposto seafront and kills him with a cleaver: arrested for murder
Giovanni Guarrera, 63, allegedly struck his 61-year-old brother multiple times with a work cleaver on the lungomare of Riposto, Sicily, after a dispute between the two fish vendors escalated on 11 July 2026.
- Jul 6
Mount Etna ash cloud shuts Catania airport, cancels over 150 flights including connections to Poland
A volcanic ash cloud from Mount Etna forced the closure of Catania–Fontanarossa Airport on Monday, cancelling over 150 flights and leaving thousands of tourists, including many from Poland, stranded on Sicily.
- Jul 6
Etna ash cloud grounds flights at Catania airport, Berlin connection cancelled
Ash emissions from Mount Etna forced the closure of airspace around Catania airport on Sunday, leading to cancellations, delays, and diversions. A flight to Berlin was among those scrapped.
- Jul 6
Etna ash cloud forces Catania airport to suspend arrivals, Romanian ministry warns travellers
A towering ash column from Mount Etna forced the closure of airspace south of the volcano on Sunday, suspending all incoming flights at Catania airport. Romania's foreign ministry issued a travel advisory for citizens in Sicily.
- Jul 3
Catania man attempts to strangle partner during video call, friends witness and call police; father had stabbed ex-wife in April
A 30-year-old man in Catania tried to strangle his girlfriend while she was on a video call with friends, who witnessed the attack and called police. The suspect's father had stabbed his ex-wife in the street just three months earlier.
