1.   Overnight eruptions by Mount Etna forced the closure of Catania airport Monday, as emergency workers reinforced embankments despite signs the two main lava flows were slowing.

2.   Emergency workers reinforced embankments on Monday, even as the two main lava flows on the slopes of Mount Etna appeared to slow.

3.   The gas station is located near one of the main lava flows, but the lava had cooled enough for people to walk across it.

4.   The station is located near one of the main lava flows, but the lava has cooled enough for people to walk across it.

5.   Also Sunday, previously inaccessible areas of western Goma became reachable again as a solid crust formed on the top of a narrow strip of the main lava flow.