Italy: Living with ‘Mama’ Etna - the most active volcano in the world

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What's it like living in the shadow of the most active volcano in the world?
Simon Platts explores volcano tourism and the complicated relationship Sicilians have with Mount Etna, the volcano affectionately known as 'Mama' by locals despite its huge destructive potential
In the grip of mother nature, science and faith intertwine, but volcanologists relentlessly monitor the site for signs of eruptions. So, what measures are in place to protect tourists and locals?

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@ثايباس 2 жыл бұрын

Never having visited Sicily, I had no idea Etna was so active. Thank you for sharing.

@conniemara1 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this...Simon Platts..I am Scottish living in Sicily and I adore Etna I see her from my villa everyday and she takes my breath away :)

@conniemara1 4 жыл бұрын

@@mariaritajane6825 are you on FB?

@chrismarc4879 3 жыл бұрын

April 2024 & October 2034 Planetary alignments repeating of those of 79-89AD...

@chrismarc4879 3 жыл бұрын

Set up a live webcam of Mt Etna,I can't see many feeds on KZfaq about Etna....💲💰

@Kelvinpierre99 3 жыл бұрын

Where you live? Taormina?

@LunnaJannah Жыл бұрын

Bless Ur beautiful heart. She means so much to us. I live in Australia and wear her around my neck

@mygetawayart 2 жыл бұрын

aside from the extreme drama of this video, yes there are a few dangers, as come with any volcano but, as someone who lives around the "Muntagna" (that's how we actually call it), i can confidently say that Etna is one of the safest volcanoes to visit and live under. The vast majority of lava flows end up in the old caldera, called Valle del Bove, which shields us from most eruptions. As they also said in the video, it's one of the most monitored and studied volcanoes in the world and its constant activity makes for less pressure in the magma chamber, which means less disruptive earthquakes, shorter, less expansive effusions and a spectacle out of your window almost any other day.

@aabottom6390 3 жыл бұрын

My wife & I went to the summit of Etna in July 2019. An incredible experience the sound of explosions & constant rumblings are unbelievable. We had a fantastic guide put in on your must do list.

@ctguitarguy8510 3 жыл бұрын

Seems like a bad idea....

@notmenotme614 2 жыл бұрын

@@octavius8562 how many tourists have died? 0

@figueroaadel393 3 жыл бұрын

Mama Etna is really in a Bad Mood.... Respecting Mother Nature is the Key.. My Blessings for Italy!!

@gonnabeok 3 жыл бұрын

Typical bbc acting, driven above all by greed to get alluring material. Got well deserved lesson from nature this time

@MrJuulia01 Жыл бұрын

No mother nature. It's God who created nature.

@MrJuulia01 Жыл бұрын

Mother nature is some form of witchcraft.

@xmarcusgaming3235 Жыл бұрын

@@MrJuulia01 your quite right cause Zeus put a huge mountain on a creature name typhon which is etna

@erica5624 3 жыл бұрын

The highlight of my trip to Sicily 💜 can’t wait to return some day...

@Mr.Atari2600 3 жыл бұрын

They Say in Greek Mythology, Etna was considered to be a Prison that held one of the most powerful monsters. The father of monsters "Typhon" who was created by Mother Earth "Gaia" to overthrow the King of the Gods "Zeus". But Zeus was able to defeat Typhon by smashing him with an entire mountain which is Mount Etna. Every time when Etna starts spitting lava or Showing Smoke, It was Typhon trying to get out of the mountain.

@ginger942 3 жыл бұрын

Wow I didn't know that, thanks!

@fauzia7262 4 жыл бұрын

Italy at its finest 🇮🇹

@vababy45 3 жыл бұрын

I've been to Mt Etna, thank God those all terrain boots was too much to pay for in a one time use situation. Its beautiful.

@matteolosardo 3 жыл бұрын

I live in Catania (the city at the beginning of the video), and this video makes it look like I live in the most dangerous city in the world XD it’s not that bad really, I love living next to Mt. Etna

@missbee7745 3 жыл бұрын

😍Love To Live by Mama!! 🌋

@matteolosardo Жыл бұрын

@@abbaruah9685 what?

@matteolosardo Жыл бұрын

@@abbaruah9685 its fine, I’ve been living here since I was born, and so my family, and friends and everyone else… it’s one of the most populated areas in the country still, it is pretty much safe, we go skiing and do hiking on the volcano normally

@AZ-rg3rf Жыл бұрын

bet you won't be thinking that when it erupts for real pompeii style

@danielafaraci8661 11 ай бұрын

And i live in licata

@devikakaul1494 4 жыл бұрын

Italy is dynamic like the south Asia.

@lavalady5097 2 жыл бұрын

I went to see this stunning volcano i think it was in 2007 she was erupting off and on. There was a little activity when we ascended. She was magnificent and not only that but the beautiful island of sicily and all the gorgeous towns and the lovely people that reside there. Just an entirely wonderful experience. I hope to one day return to this beautiful and and Its wonderful volcano again ❤️

@jacquelinezwahlen6827 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice documentary! Salve Boris! :)

@martinleonardosantacruzmol1493 4 жыл бұрын

Italians: living under the most active volcano Ecuadorians: Casually living in between 17 volcanoes

@elisabettacarrubba2957 3 жыл бұрын

In Italy there are more and more active volcanoes on the land and other very dangerous submarine (for now very little active, fotunately) and a super volcano (campi Flegrei). The difference with your volcanoes is that Etna and Stromboli are continously active

@aimee-lynndonovan6077 3 жыл бұрын

Sicily, which is an island, not Italy.

@Massimaresa 3 жыл бұрын

@@aimee-lynndonovan6077 What?! Ahahah!!

@RacingLeaguesRL 3 жыл бұрын

@@elisabettacarrubba2957 And Etna is worrying because it shouldn't happen almost every day like it shouldn't have snowed that much in Apulia. Global warming signs.. I know it is supposed to erupt frequently, but not that much.

@callisto3605 3 жыл бұрын

@@aimee-lynndonovan6077So by your logic Hawaii isn't part of the Usa,your level of stupidity is astounding.

@christophermcclain2181 3 жыл бұрын

In the late 90s a bunch of my navy buddies and I hiked to the craters edge it was amazing!

@massimiliano4876 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man thought you were talking about liberating Europe last century, it was a nice talk but you still here there and everywhere,ffs you all over the places exporting peace friend

@thisgustin 3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking, "Anyone down to hike Etna?" lol, smh I don't think i could.

@SuperKerdan 3 жыл бұрын

I was stationed at NAF Sigonella in 1970 and hiked to the main crater.

@SuperKerdan 3 жыл бұрын

Two buddies and I got to peer into the crater. Choking on the fumes!

@christophermcclain2181 3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperKerdan i got a few pics if the crater, i remember them fumes lol it was an experience I will never forget. I was on a med deployment, USS Boone FFG28

@bpalmento3468 4 жыл бұрын

I happened to watch live streaming from Skyline cam when the eruption suddenly blew and lots of people were hurt near the eruptions. A piece of molten rock hit a British news reporter. I never forget that. From the Skyline cam, I knew it was massive and began to see many "buses" going down the mountain. The next day, I read about this event.

@marcogiusepperosariocristaldi 3 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC

@fernandharo8497 3 жыл бұрын

Magnifique reportage, si vous y allez, n'oublier pas un casque !Félicitations

@anlygarza2844 3 жыл бұрын

WOOOOOW MIS RESPETOS PARA ESTA GENTE CIENTÍFICA!

@joycedsouza2004 3 жыл бұрын

Breath taking ' Mama ' Etna ! I am so Blessed to watch God's wonderful creation from my home INDIA ! No need to ware the heavy boots ! God bless and protect the people of Etna !

@GiuseppeMaccarroneONE 4 жыл бұрын

Nice documntary. However at 4:07 we see the town of Zafferana Etnea, not Nicolosi! Errata corrige is needed, thanks.

@Eddie_Barzoon 3 жыл бұрын

Giusto, è sicuramente la chiesa di Zafferana. Al minuto 3:58 Riposto.

@adamgrimsley2900 2 жыл бұрын

It's so cool

@DomeoCesar 3 жыл бұрын

Three years ago the explosion was caused by contact between lava and snow.

@lavalady5097 3 жыл бұрын

Greetings From iceland :)

@MrJuulia01 Жыл бұрын

Where to see whole video where they run from volcano?

@samuelebefani8943 4 жыл бұрын

music at 4:17 ?

@joelmccoy9969 3 жыл бұрын

There is a German expression for maniacs that get excitement from being close to danger. 'Tanz auf dem Volkan' or 'Volkan Tanzer' The people could move away but they feel comfortable there.

@mattiastompo1509 3 жыл бұрын

We feel comfortable because it's our home. Generally, you don't want to move away from your home. And also because it's well monitored. The last fatality is from 1987 (2 tourists). And it's also great for your instagram ;)

@callisto3605 3 жыл бұрын

@@UncommonSense-wm5fd if there's one fool here its you,active volcanoes are the least problematic to humans,dormant and supervolcanoes are the most dangerous like yellowstone in the Usa or the Phlegrean fields in Italy.

@callisto3605 3 жыл бұрын

@@UncommonSense-wm5fd You certainly don't know Italy well,the people who consider themselves religious is in steep decline in the last 30 years especially in the north,people live at the foot of Etna even before christianity was born,about covid,you do realize that we were the first western country to be hit with the pandemic,right?how about The UK then they got hit later and got more deaths,are they too religious too?

@nyrilly3843 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder how thst inn has faired arfter last nights mile high ejection of lava last night .

@SalvatoreEscoti 3 жыл бұрын

Most people think that Mount Etna dominates all of Sicily, but Sicily is a very big island! Mount Etna is on the East Coast, we on the west coast are over 200 km away from Mount Etna! Palermo and all the other cities on the West Coast have no issues with Etna!

@callisto3605 3 жыл бұрын

Yep,Sicily is the largest island in the mediterrean,very few people know that.

@robertpayne3041 2 жыл бұрын

If Etna blows, 200km wouldn’t be near enough

@bandersnatch9469 2 жыл бұрын

Heard they filmed one of the eruptions for a Star Wars film once. It’s where Obi Wan fights Anakin in the volcano planet

@ghod2035 3 жыл бұрын

The fact that I have been there in the year 2018 as a tourist was both very satisfying and depressing

@tracyredman6684 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in La Perla Ionica I had lungs that inhaled the Ashes we moved to Costa Saracena-Castelluccio

@bosslady1914 3 жыл бұрын

Kiluea in Hawaii is the "most active volcano in the world" followed by Etna. Prayers for Italy

@ignaciocastillo1636 Жыл бұрын

Excellent new around the Etna volcano. I live in Valparaiso city port in Chile country. In this moment the north to Chile in the south to Atacama desert -between Loa river to Choapa river- is a red zone from physical geography and the new activities de volcano in the Andes Mountain; for example, the Licancabur volcano, the Ollague volcano, the Llullaillaco volcano and the Socompa volcano in the desert puna to Antofagasta Region. And then in Mediterranean Region to Chile is very necessary the new station around the volcano activities near Teno lake into the Andes Mountains to Curico province and de Maule lake near the international rute to "Paso Pehuenche", the conection by card and bus to Malargue in Mendoza province and Talca city in Chile. In this moment is frecuenty the volcano activities in the Chile country and the south west to Sudamerica in front the Pacific ocean.

@cristiansavia8346 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine all of you that I live right here. 😍

@succhiatoredelcazzo4689 4 жыл бұрын

I went last summer and it was very windy, was this a normal occurrence?

@theamazingmopel1 3 жыл бұрын

yes, why shouldn't it be?

@neilbarnett3046 3 жыл бұрын

Even when you go to the tourist rendezvous at the restaurant and souvenir shop, you're 1.8km above sea level, it's windy near the top of a mountain. And it's pretty cold, too, one young lady who was with us had come in a crop top and a thin cardigan, she was awfully cold; we'd brought fleeces and windcheaters, as we would for a day out in the Derbyshire dales.

@SEBBARU Жыл бұрын

I love the Star Trek Red Alert earthquake alarm :)

@favierex Жыл бұрын

Typhon is in the volcano if you know about Greece that Zeus fought typhon And prison him in a mountain and mountain became a volcano name etna

@lankalakshandesilva2097 Жыл бұрын

katina , Rember the old xxx story 🙏🏻🇱🇰

@JustForFunMusician 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sicilian and I'm so proud of INGV but the teacher with imaginary friends scares me!

@ankdevringer9124 3 жыл бұрын

Just nature is too scary for a lot of people, so they search for a reason.

@mariaoliva2465 3 жыл бұрын

Io vivo li' , e non mi sento in pericolo

@philipbahia924 3 жыл бұрын

those tourist is crazy taking risk on Enta when it erupted well that teaches them a lesson for getting too close,insurance doesn't cover that lol 😂🤣😂

@dttttt 2 жыл бұрын

So if you're getting data, why were tourists unaware and on the slopes? Tourists were still caught in an unsafe situation.

@jamesa702 3 жыл бұрын

Volcanos do exact a sometimes drastic pain and suffering "tax" on humans getting too close. Don't expect anything else.

@ivanfrank_ Жыл бұрын

There's so much more than that tax 😂

@bonsvilbar8386 2 жыл бұрын

Mt. Etna makes big boom sound then Mt. Vesuvius, Etna is dangerous. Etna rains Gravel.

@orvilhumbertodelossantosgu1428 3 жыл бұрын

Wath se can este to carivean island like dominican republic as este región 💯 healthy 💯

@photographermugen Жыл бұрын

you lose points for dropping the camera

@cauxzieruffhausen9547 4 жыл бұрын

Liked for Boris. And because Etna is cool.

@serafarchisiemigratu Жыл бұрын

My mother!!!!ti amo terra mia!❤️😍

@nallanchakravarthy4849 3 жыл бұрын

Man... You needs guts to be a Italian... Now i learn

@rockodibiase6805 3 жыл бұрын

If that thing Blows Its Top everybody's gone. You won't be able to move fast enough before that shit comes down on top of you. I was in Colorado and Mount Saint Helens went off. That made a big mess

@Ale55andr082 3 жыл бұрын

sicilian or, even better, "catanese" mostly, because the rest of the nation and cities of the region are far away from the etna...

@Ale55andr082 3 жыл бұрын

@@rockodibiase6805 the typical activity of the etna have nothing in common with mount St helens (or vesuvio etc)...the most destructive eruption recorded, back in 1669, reach the city of catania with lava after about three months from his start...

@M4CYL0L4XX 2 жыл бұрын

Me being a absolute scaredy cat with volcanoes, how people can live in Catania I will never know

@malcolmmacdougall 3 ай бұрын

i'll be there next week, i'll need warm clothing too..... almost 10 thousand feet

@keekl6870 2 жыл бұрын

Nanna Etna and Nonno Vesuvio are grumpy

@myriamm777 3 жыл бұрын

Mama Etna !7

@andrexflash4508 3 жыл бұрын

2:29 current objective: survive (ironic comment)

@420frankp 3 жыл бұрын

I thought the worlds most active was in Hawaii. But then again. What if its Yellowstone that's most active? There are times when etna is not erupting so I disagree with the title.

@callisto3605 3 жыл бұрын

Yellowstone is another category of volcano,its a a dormant supervolcano,same as the Phlegrean fields in Italy,they're both massive with a destruction power hundred of times that of etna or kilauea.

@willthewize7328 3 жыл бұрын

You were my brother Anakin

@Roberto-mh1tb 2 жыл бұрын

Pasta anyone? On Mamma Etna certamente!

@esgee3829 2 жыл бұрын

i wonder if science has made people more faithful in catania and in villages around etna. or maybe the gap between science and reality (the beta if you will) is still large enough to leave space for prayers and religion?

@esgee3829 2 жыл бұрын

my 'volcano' is my childs mouth. very unpredictable what will be ejected.

@whodasantosguy 3 жыл бұрын

These poor people didn't know that in 2021 this volcano will explode

@midnightproject4802 3 жыл бұрын

It didn’t explode lol it just erupted like it usually does. Nothing new

@xmtryanx 2 ай бұрын

Kilauea is the most active volcano in the world.

@rebeccagutierrez1960 2 жыл бұрын

I was there right before we knew about "coronavirus".

@kansasthunderman1 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, Kilauea on the Big island of Hawaii is the most active volcano in the world.

@ermannosorricchiodivalfort4905 3 жыл бұрын

nope, the most worrisome for vulcanologists maybe, but not the most historically active

@VesuviusGaming-um5yn 3 жыл бұрын

@@ermannosorricchiodivalfort4905 it is actually true it’s the most active volcano

@ermannosorricchiodivalfort4905 3 жыл бұрын

@@VesuviusGaming-um5yn it is not, look it up

@VesuviusGaming-um5yn 3 жыл бұрын

@@ermannosorricchiodivalfort4905 Hawaii is the most then Etna

@ermannosorricchiodivalfort4905 3 жыл бұрын

@@VesuviusGaming-um5yn again, it is not the most active volcano, mount yasur in vanuatu is, followed closely by etna and stromboli

@chrismarc4879 3 жыл бұрын

April 2024 & October 2034 planetary alignments repeating of 79-89AD....

@e.s.domino 3 жыл бұрын

Simply not dude

@chrismarc4879 3 жыл бұрын

We shall see ..

@fabianzerth8692 3 жыл бұрын

The most active volcano is Kilauea in Hawaii. He's been spitting lava almost continuously since 1983

@richpiana8020 3 жыл бұрын

Ikr, Etna is the most active in Europe tho

@timberry1135 3 жыл бұрын

@@richpiana8020 No it isn't. Not even close. Stromboli is pretty much always active

@richpiana8020 3 жыл бұрын

@@timberry1135 Then Etna is the biggest most active Volcano in Europe

@sebbo_h7121 3 жыл бұрын

@@richpiana8020 if you consider Mt Teide in Tenerife then it's not, but it's geographically in Africa, so I think it doesn't count

@marcorizzoni9766 3 жыл бұрын

Etna has been active since written history started, and took only few and brief pauses in all that centuries, sooo.....

@bestamerica 3 жыл бұрын

' both countrys are activitys volcanos... hawaii and italy

@sebbo_h7121 3 жыл бұрын

Hawaii it's not a country

@bestamerica 3 жыл бұрын

@@sebbo_h7121 hi S H... ' what call a hawaii island ???

@sebbo_h7121 3 жыл бұрын

@@bestamerica what???

@bestamerica 3 жыл бұрын

@@sebbo_h7121 hi S H... ' if hawaii is a not country then what name it is

@sebbo_h7121 3 жыл бұрын

@@bestamerica a state in the US

@OMG_AngelSayuki 3 жыл бұрын

I think Etna is the most active in Italy followed by Stromboli and Vesuvius

@andreasantinelli7213 3 жыл бұрын

Vesuvius erupted in 1944 last time, but its the most dangerous

@VesuviusGaming-um5yn 3 жыл бұрын

@Sebbo h that’s because Vesuvius is a proper strato volcano

@callisto3605 3 жыл бұрын

@@andreasantinelli7213 no its not,by all means the Phlegrean fields is the most dangerous in Italy and with yellowstone in the Usa in the world,supervolcano.

@andreasantinelli7213 3 жыл бұрын

@@callisto3605 what? Campi Flegrei and vesuvius are connected lmao

@callisto3605 3 жыл бұрын

@@andreasantinelli7213 connected by geographical location yes but different kind of volcanoes,its like me saying the eolian volcanoes are all the same,they're not you have the marsili and stromboli.

@simeto05 2 жыл бұрын

"MAMMA ETNA"

@callmesalmc1357 4 жыл бұрын

Io vivo li vicino ognni anno vado a l' Etna

@addiomondo4493 4 жыл бұрын

*sull’Etna *lì

@alessiominels1650 3 жыл бұрын

Statt’accuort

@LeftyStratPlayer 3 жыл бұрын

When I think that people can't possibly be any more stupid, this pops up on my recommended list. These idiots dared to screw with a dragon, and they got royally burned.... literally.

@anakinskywalker8859 3 жыл бұрын

lol that would be me

@mariaoliva2465 3 жыл бұрын

Io vivo li, da parecchi anni . Solo l'altra sera quando ho visto una nuvola di fumo e fuoco mi sono preoccupata. Poi dopo poche ore e' svanito tutto E la montagna ritornata calma e bella come prima

@missbee7745 3 жыл бұрын

Please, Does Anyone Know The Name of The Church, Where Many People Gather To Pray & Is The Church Close To Mount Etna? 💞 🙏 💒 🙏 💞

@mariaoliva2465 3 жыл бұрын

@@missbee7745 of closed churches de have so Manu i don't know switch one it Reuters to

@lifewithlouie420 3 жыл бұрын

@@mariaoliva2465 that's what i said

@fabiogamer0721 3 жыл бұрын

Chi è italiano metta like

@kirara2516 3 жыл бұрын

Erm, no. This isn't THEE most active. Certainly up there, in fact it holds the number 2 spot. Th eworld's most active Volcano is in Hawaii. Below is pulled straight from google: "Kilauea volcano on Hawaii is the world's most active volcano, followed by Etna in Italy and Piton de la Fournaise on La Réunion island."

@marcorizzoni9766 3 жыл бұрын

Kilauea has been active only for decades. Etna has been highly active since written history exists, taking only few and briefs pauses in all his centuries of history. And if you count instead only the interrupted activity, the most active it’s Stromboli, that has been active uninterrupedly for several centuries...

@svakakvivideozapisichannel1762 3 жыл бұрын

OMG🤮

@SmithsnMoz 2 жыл бұрын

Pachamama nuts.. its Evil

@georgem8200 Жыл бұрын

Don't know exactly, but from a prophet of The LORD (paraphrasing) soon part of Etna will sink and tilt on it's axis.This act of GOD is against the evil dealings in Italy's government leaders...

@miaardouin2688 3 жыл бұрын

there is nothing to laugh about ! remember Vesuvio !

@eric11 3 жыл бұрын

Its not like the vesiuvius that's why

@Vesuviusisking 3 жыл бұрын

Two different volcanoes 🤔

@rezadyn87 3 жыл бұрын

that's the biggest lie that title, etna is not the most active volcano lmao

@420frankp 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@silviasecci1486 3 жыл бұрын

Yes,it is

@isaiaho8964 4 жыл бұрын

If your not allowed to move Romans tell the USA write the White House. We got better stuff

@isaiaho8964 4 жыл бұрын

How many do movies cost

@v2.0cinkosdi66 3 жыл бұрын

నేను అక్కడికి వెళ్ళినట్లయితే, నేను ఖచ్చితంగా ట్రంక్‌లో ఏదో దాచుకుంటాను.

@marciecorda5209 3 жыл бұрын

Etna is not a "mama", its not a person.

@sebbo_h7121 3 жыл бұрын

We italians (sicilians) call it like that, you don't agree on this?

@inayahcornea1049 3 жыл бұрын

Its their fault, they know its active why going there and so close!! I dont feel sorry

@Der_Beobachter_Edelweiss7X7X7 4 жыл бұрын

Vatican will sink in a giant sea of boiling hot magma.

@addiomondo4493 4 жыл бұрын

Vatican is in Rome, Central Italy... 🤯

@ermannosorricchiodivalfort4905 3 жыл бұрын

sheesh... anthropologists really did screw us over convincing us we monkeys evolved somewhat

@angiesappracone1478 3 жыл бұрын

Please just move away NOW

@albertrexhepaj7425 3 жыл бұрын

Etna Is Word of Albania Language, Etna meaning of the Word, in Albanian ETNA,=ETH INA, in Inglisht ETNA=SPITS ASH, in Italian ETNA=SPUTA CENERE.

@sebbo_h7121 3 жыл бұрын

Etna comes from ancient greek

@Ale55andr082 3 жыл бұрын

nope...

@Vesuviusisking 3 жыл бұрын

It actually translates to iburn