Flights at Catania airport resumed on
Friday, albeit with some limitations, after being closed for
much of the day due to ash on the runways and other areas
because of eruptions on Mount Etna, while the Sicilian island of
Stromboli remains on red alert because of volcanic activity
there.
Catania Mayor Enrico Trantino has issued an order banning people
from using two-wheeled forms of transport for 48 hours and
setting a speed limit of 30 km/h because of the ash.
The civil protection department has told people on Stromboli to
monitor the information provided by the local authorities due to
the alert there.
"At the moment Stromboli's volcano is under special
surveillance" said Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci.
He said the civil protection department would hold a meeting to
assess the situation on Friday, adding that each part of the
island's emergency evacuation plan was being verified.
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