Mount Etna is Europe's most active and tallest (3,300 m /10,900 ft) volcano and its potential for destruction is huge. Etna's constant state of activity is a serious threat to people living in the villages and towns of Sicily. Its most dangerous eruption occurred in 1669, when lava destroyed many villages around the volcano's base and "swallowed" part of Catania, an ancient town on the east cost of Sicily. In 1992 two streams of lava threatened Zafferana, a municipality inhabited by around 8,000 people.
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