Stromboli volcano in Italy is most famous for the intermittent, fairly gentle explosive activity that is so commonplace here that it gave the name "Strombolian" to this mode when it occurs at other volcanoes. Now, Stromboli is capable of bigger explosions, and these can be surprising, and when they are surprising they can also be deadly, as happened last July. Hey, it's a volcano.
Also, every now and then, Stromboli's crater overflows and a fast lava flow slides down a steep slope to the ocean.
Accuweather has a video of when this happened, just a few days ago (on March 31, 2020).
Here's a picture of it from Volcano Discovery (and a status report):
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