Authorities near Sicily's Mount Etna are bracing to control an influx of visitors this weekend, attracted by a two-week flow of lava inspiring high-altitude selfies and other reckless behaviour.

Mount Etna, Europe’s largest and most active volcano, located on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, has once again come to life. Photo: Getty Images.

Mt. Etna, an active stratovolcano, looms over Sicily, Italy, and recently, it's begun to erupt, producing red-hot lava. The ...

Cascades of lava flowed from one of Mount Etna’s largest craters for the first time in four years. It is Europe’s tallest active volcano. Photo: Etna Walk/Giuseppe di Stefano/Reuters ...