Mount Etna Erupts, Flights Suspended at Catania Airport
Mount Etna is a big volcano in Italy. It is on the island of Sicily.
On 14 September, at 7:30 in the evening, Etna was still sending out ash. Ash comes from hot rock inside the volcano.
A drone took pictures of the volcano. A drone is a small flying machine with a camera.
The ash made a big cloud in the sky. The cloud was 4 kilometers long.
Because of the cloud, planes could not land at Catania airport. The airport stopped arriving flights until 10:00 at night.
Volcanoes like Etna often send out smoke and ash. This can be dangerous for planes.
People near the airport must wait for news. They want to know when flights will start again.
Vocabulary15 words
- volcano
- a mountain that can send out hot rock and smoke
- ash
- small gray dust from fire or a volcano
- drone
- a small machine that flies and takes pictures
- cloud
- a big gray or white thing in the sky, made of small drops or dust
- airport
- a place where planes land and take off
- suspend
- to stop something for a short time
- arrive
- to come to a place
- emission
- something that comes out, like smoke or ash
- lava
- very hot melted rock from a volcano
- island
- land with water all around it
- flight
- a trip in a plane
- image
- a picture
- danger
- something that can hurt you
- smoke
- gray or black air from fire
- sky
- the space above us where clouds and planes are
Quiz
Answer key
1. In Sicily, Italy 2. 4 kilometers 3. Arriving flights were suspended until 22:00
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Mount Etna is a big _____ in Italy.
On 14 September, at 7:30 in the evening, Etna was still sending out _____.
A _____ took pictures of the volcano.
The ash made a big _____ in the sky.
The cloud was 4 _____ long.
Because of the cloud, planes could not land at Catania _____.
The airport stopped arriving flights until 10:00 at _____.
Volcanoes like Etna often send out smoke and _____.
This can be dangerous for _____.
People near the airport must wait for _____.