Tag: #Volcano
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Tonga calls for “immediate aid” following tsunami and volcanic eruption
Official says there is an immediate need for drinking water and food, as efforts begin to assess the scale of the damage
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Indonesia volcano toll rises as search for missing continues
Officials say at least 13 people killed and 98 injured after Mount Semeru’s sudden eruption
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Hundreds Abandoned as Red-Hot Lava Endangers in Spain
This analysis is by Farid Khan. On 19 September, 2021, molten magma started up from the volcanic eruption. The molten lava that erupted from the volcano has piled trash to nearly 600 hectares of area in Spanish Island of La Palma. According to local media reports, hundreds of citizens were instructed to evacuate their homes…
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Indonesian Mount Merapi on Java Island erupts
Ash from the Mount Merapi eruption blanketed several villages and nearby towns, officials said
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Suspense in Iceland as Dormant Volcanic Zone Shows Signs of Life
There is suspense in Iceland as a dormant volcanic zone has showed signs of life.
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Small Volcanic Eruption imminent 18 kms from Reykjavik
Reykjavik, March 3 (AFP/APP): A small volcanic eruption could be imminent on the southwestern tip of Iceland some 30 kilometres (18 miles) from the capital Reykjavik, authorities said on Wednesday. Tremors signalling a potential eruption were detected on Wednesday afternoon, near Mount Keilir, inactive for the past 800 years, the Icelandic Met Office said. A 5.7-magnitude earthquake was registered…
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Indonesia volcano erupts, spews red-hot lava
Jakarta, Feb 19 (AFP/APP):Indonesia’s Mount Merapi, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, erupted on Friday, belching out fiery red lava. The volcano, close to Indonesia’s cultural capital Yogyakarta on Java island, had already spewed lava almost two dozen times over the two last days and caused hundreds of minor volcanic quakes, according to a…
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Philippines on alert as volcano spews ash, lava
Talisay City, Philippines, Jan 13 (AFP/APP): Lava and broad columns of ash illuminated by lightning shot from an erupting volcano south of the Philippine capital on Monday, grounding hundreds of flights amid an alert for a possible “explosive eruption”. Homes and streets across the region surrounding the Taal volcano, which exploded to life on Sunday…
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Iran warplane crashes near dormant volcano: state media
Tehran, Dec 25 (AFP/APP): An Iranian military fighter jet crashed on Wednesday near a dormant volcano in the northwest of the country and its pilot was missing, official media reported. State news agency IRNA said the jet went down at 9:00 am (0530 GMT) near Mount Sabalan, in the Lesser Caucasus range, and was a…
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New Zealand volcano death toll rises to 19
Wellington, Dec 22 (AFP/APP): The death toll from New Zealand’s devastating White Island eruption has risen to 19, with police confirming Monday another death in hospital. The toll includes two people whose bodies have not been recovered. A police spokesman said they were informed that a person had died late Sunday in an Auckland hospital.…