Sicily

Ash spewed from the Mount Etna volcano is seen in a street in Catania, Sicily, Italy.

Italian vessels have recovered five bodies and rescued 674 people packed on a fishing boat adrift in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast

Mount Etna has roared back to spectacular action after a few months of relative quiet, sending up a 12-kilometer (7.5-mile) high volcanic ash cloud over eastern Sicily.

A particularly powerful eruption of Mount Etna has created a volcanic storm that sent bolts of lightning dramatically across the sky over eastern Sicily.

At least 12 people went missing after a gas explosion in Ravanusa, located in the province of Agrigento in Sicily, local media report.