Italy's Stromboli volcano in the Tyrrhenian Sea erupted today (August 28) sending a huge plume of ash into the air.

The spectacle could be seen for miles in the surrounding sea.

The filmer told Newsflare: "I found myself on a pedal boat with my family, wife and two young children,

"When at a certain point I heard a roar, turning in the direction of Stromboli, I saw a huge black cloud rising from the volcano, an impressive 'spectacle.'

I found myself on a pedal boat with my family, wife and two young children, when at a certain point I heard a roar, turning in the direction of Stromboli, I saw a huge black cloud rising from the volcano, an impressive "spertacle" . The current situation of alarms, the coast guard is monitoring the coasts. Among the many hypotheses, which are currently running in Lipari, there is that of the detachment of the ridges overlooking the mouth of the volcano.