Phiri lamapiri lalikulu kwambiri ku Europe - Etna ikutsetsereka chakum'mawa m'nyanja, ndipo asayansi akuwopa kuti ikhoza kuyambitsa tsunami yowopsa, "Mtolankhani Wachi Greek" idatero.
Asayansi akuda nkhawa kuti mayendedwe apang'onopang'ono omwe adayezedwa kumtunda wakum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Etna angachuluke ndikuwapangitsa kugwera m'madzi pang'ono.
Zimenezi zikanaika pachiwopsezo cha Sicily ndi Nyanja ya Ionia chifukwa zinyalala zikalowa m’madzi, mwina kuchititsa mafunde owononga kwambiri.
Ochita kafukufuku alengeza kuti zomwe angachite pakali pano ndi “kuyang’anitsitsa” phirili lomwe liphulika, chifukwa palibe njira yodziwira ngati kuthamanga kwa kayendedwe ka Etna kudzabwera pakapita zaka kapena zaka zambiri.
Mu February 2022, Phiri la Etna linalavula phulusa lalitali la makilomita khumi ndi awiri kumwamba pamwamba pa chilumba cha Italy cha Sicily.
"Mutha kuganiza za kusefukira kwapang'onopang'ono panthawiyi - 4 cm m'miyezi 15, kotero ikuyenda pang'onopang'ono, koma pali ngozi kuti idzafulumizitsa ndikupanga chigumula chomwe chikuyenda mofulumira kwambiri kunyanja," adatero Dr. Morelia Urlaub.