Mount Etna Eruption Shuts Catania Airport, Disrupts 100,000 Travellers
Mount Etna is a volcano in Sicily, Italy. It had a big eruption. The volcano sent out smoke and ash into the sky.
Because of this, Catania airport is closed now. The airport is in Sicily, near the volcano.
More than 100,000 people cannot travel. Their trips are ruined. Many flights are cancelled.
The airport in Comiso, another town in Sicily, also stopped its flights. Flights to Malta are cancelled too.
Etna has a new vent. This is a new opening in the volcano. It is in a place called Valle del Bove.
People with cancelled flights want to know what to do. There is a guide to help them.
Vocabulary15 words
- Etna
- a big volcano in Sicily, Italy
- eruption
- when a volcano throws out smoke, ash, or fire
- airport
- a place where planes take off and land
- ruined
- broken or spoiled; not good anymore
- flights
- trips by plane
- cancelled
- stopped; not happening anymore
- vent
- an opening where smoke or fire comes out
- guide
- help that tells you what to do
- volcano
- a mountain that can send out fire and smoke
- ash
- grey dust from fire or a volcano
- Sicily
- a big island that is part of Italy
- smoke
- grey air that comes from fire
- travel
- to go from one place to another
- closed
- not open; you cannot use it
- trip
- a journey to a place
Quiz
Answer key
1. Because of an eruption on Mount Etna 2. More than 100,000 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Mount Etna is a _____ in Sicily, Italy. It had a big _____.
The volcano sent out smoke and _____ into the sky.
Because of this, Catania _____ is closed now.
More than 100,000 people cannot _____. Their trips are _____.
Many _____ are cancelled.
The airport in Comiso also stopped its flights. Flights to _____ are cancelled too.
Etna has a new _____. It is in a place called Valle del Bove.