Watch: Mount Etna in Sicily spews huge plumes of ash

Footage shows clouds of dark coloured smoke and ash billowing from the volcano on the Mediterranean island.

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The volcano on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean island is one of the world's most active, with eruptions taking place several times a year.

Video captured on Monday comes after Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said Etna was experiencing "explosions of growing intensity".

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