Volcano

Mount Etna eruption halts flights to Sicily’s Catania airport

ROME (Reuters) - Flights serving the eastern Sicilian city of Catania were halted on Sunday after an eruption from nearby Mount Etna spewed volcanic ash onto its runways, airport authorities…

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Volcano in remote Russian Far East spews 10-km-high ash plume

April 12 (Reuters) - An active volcano on Russia's remote Kamchatka Peninsula kept erupting on Wednesday, a scientific institute reported, sending a 10-km-high (6-mile) plume of ash into the sky,…

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UPDATE Indonesia evacuates villagers as volcano erupts on Java island

JAKARTA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - A volcano erupted in Indonesia on Sunday spewing a cloud of ash 15 km into the sky and forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people, authorities said,…

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Volcano erupts on western Japanese island of Kyushu, no reports of damage

TOKYO (Reuters) -A volcano on Japan's major western island of Kyushu erupted on Sunday evening, sending black smoke billowing high into the air, but there were no immediate reports of…

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Volcano experts warn quake-hit Azores island could have eruption like La Palma

Volcano experts warned that the earthquake-hit island of Sao Jorge in Portugal's Azores archipelago could experience an initial eruption similar to Spain's La Palma last year, which destroyed thousands of…

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Tsunami-hit Tonga islands suffered ‘catastrophic’ damage-reports

Tonga's small outlying islands have sustained major damage from a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, the United Nations said on Tuesday, with downed communications and a blanket of ash hampering rescue…

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Photo Story: Before and after the Tonga volcanic eruption

A handout composite satellite image made available by Copernicus, the European Union's Earth Observation Programme, shows imagery produced using data from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite acquired on 2 January 2022…

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Australia, New Zealand step up efforts to aid tsunami-hit Tonga, Red Cross says scale of devastation could be immense

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand dispatched surveillance flights on Monday to assess the damage in Tonga, isolated from the rest of the world due to the…

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Poor weather hampers search and rescue efforts at Indonesia volcano

SUMBERWULUH, Indonesia, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Heavy rain and wind temporarily halted rescue efforts on Monday after Indonesia's Semeru volcano erupted and killed 14 people on the weekend, and officials…

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Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes north of Halmahera, Indonesia – EMSC

Dec 4 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck north of Halmahera, Indonesia on Sunday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 151…

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VIDEO: Coastal towns locked down in La Palma as lava crashes into ocean

Authorities on the Spanish island of La Palma ordered residents of three coastal towns to stay indoors on Monday after a new stream of lava crashed into the ocean, sending…

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Photo Story – No end in sight got volcanic eruption on La Palma

The volcanic eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma still had no end in sight on Sunday, seven weeks after it started. Photo The Cumbre Vieja volcano expels lava…

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Tourists head to Spanish island of La Palma to see erupting volcano

Olga Reinoso took advantage of the All Saints Day public holiday to see the erupting volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma but like other tourists she wanted to…

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Photo Story: One month of eruptions from the Cumbra Vieja in La Palma, Canary Islands

A composite handout image made available by Copernicus, the European Union's Earth Observation Programme, shows images acquired by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 of the eruption of the Cumbra Vieja volcano in…

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La Palma evacuees see no end to ordeal after month of volcanic eruption

One month after the Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted on the Spanish island of La Palma spewing red-hot lava and ash, Culberta Cruz, her husband and their dog are living in…

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Hundreds evacuated as red-hot lava threatens homes in Spain’s La Palma

Over 700 residents were ordered to abandon their homes on Tuesday on the Spanish island of La Palma as red-hot lava advanced towards their neighbourhood. As the river of molten…

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Lava blocks the size of buildings falling from La Palma volcano

LA PALMA, Spain, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Blocks of molten lava as large as three-storey buildings rolled down a hillside on the Spanish island of La Palma on Sunday while…

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Photo Story – Northern side of the Cumbre Vieja volcano collapses

A river of lava flows downhill after the northern side of the Cumbre Vieja volcano collapsed due to the eruption, in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, 09 October 2021. Regional…

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Volcanic ash buildup shuts airport on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands

A buildup of ash and dust from the erupting Cumbre Vieja volcano on the runway forced authorities in Spain's La Palma to close the island's airport on Thursday, air traffic…

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Lava flow thickens on La Palma after volcanic crater collapses

A river of red-hot lava gushing from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain's La Palma thickened on Monday, after the north side of the crater collapsed the previous night causing…

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Air quality stable in La Palma as lava pyramid rises from sea

A pyramid of steaming black rock emerged from the Atlantic Ocean off Spain's La Palma as lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano crashed into the sea, sending up plumes of…

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Nine days after eruption, lava from La Palma volcano reaches ocean

Red hot lava from a volcano that devastated the Spanish island of La Palma reached the Atlantic Ocean late on Tuesday evening, nine days after it started to flow down…

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La Palma volcano spurts again as lava nears the sea

A volcano on Spain's La Palma island began ejecting lava again on Monday after a lull, while hundreds of people in coastal villages hunkered down in anticipation of lava emitted in previous days reaching the…

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Authorities lockdown coastal area in La Palma as lava approaches sea

Emergency authorities early on Monday ordered people in an area on the eastern shore of La Palma island as the lava gushing from the Cumbre Vieja volcano approaches the sea.…

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UPDATE – Airport closed as La Palma volcano eruption intensifies

LA PALMA, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Volcanic explosions spewed red hot lava high into the air on La Palma on Saturday as a new emission vent opened, forcing the small…

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Photo Story: Nighttime in La Palma, Canary Islands

Lava and smoke rise from the volcanic eruption in Laguna Mountain from the village of El Paso in La Palma Island, Canary Islands, 23 September 2021. The Cumbre Vieja volcano…

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Canary Islands eruption could last for three months

A volcanic eruption in Spain's Canary Islands could last three months, experts have said. The Canary Islands Volcanology Institute said that the eruption on the island of La Palma and…

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‘All we can do is cry’ – La Palma volcano leaves trail of devastation

LA PALMA, Spain, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Lava flowed from an erupting volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma for a fourth day on Wednesday, forcing more people to…

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In Pictures – Mount Etna erupts again

Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano has erupted again, the first time in three weeks. The volcano monitoring website Volcano Discovery said the plume of ash and smoke reached 9,000…

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Canaries volcano streams slow down, homes destroyed, thousands flee

Lava flowing from Spain's Canary Islands' first volcanic eruption in 50 years has forced the evacuation of 5,500 people and destroyed around 100 houses but the streams were advancing slower…

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Canaries airspace open despite volcano eruption, few flights cancelled

Spain's civil air authority Enaire said on Monday that the airspace above the Canary Islands was open despite a volcanic eruption, while only a few flights were cancelled by a…

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UPDATED: Thousands flee as lava spewing from volcano on Spain’s La Palma island destroys houses

Authorities have evacuated about 5,000 people from villages in the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma as lava spews from an erupting volcano, local officials said. The 15-meter high lava…

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Lava shoots up from volcano on La Palma in Spanish Canary Islands

LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) -A volcano erupted on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma on Sunday, sending fountains of lava and a plume of smoke and ash into the…

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Congo volcano leaves death and smoking wreckage, but major city spared

A volcanic eruption in eastern Congo left a smoking trail of destruction half a mile wide on Sunday that buried hundreds of houses and left residents searching for missing loved ones, before…

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Volcano erupts in eastern Congo, thousands flee Goma

Lava from a volcanic eruption reached the airport of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's main city of Goma on Saturday, as thousands evacuated the city. Goma residents, recalling Mount Nyiragongo's…

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Updated – Volcano erupts near Iceland’s capital

A volcano erupted near Iceland's capital, Reykjavik, on Friday, shooting lava high into the night sky after thousands of small earthquakes in recent weeks. The eruption occurred near Fagradalsfjall, a…

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Quaking in their beds, sleepless Icelanders await imminent volcanic eruption

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Icelanders are yearning for some undisturbed shut-eye after tremors from tens of thousands of earthquakes have rattled their sleep for weeks in what scientists call an unprecedented…

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Indonesian volcano erupts, forcing residents to flee

A volcano in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province erupted on Sunday, spewing ash and smoke as high as four kilometers into the sky and forcing more than 2,700 residents to…

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Etna resumes activity

Etna greeted the dawn with a new suggestive and original show. The volcanic activity has intensified and the column of smoke and ash on the top of the volcano has…

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Photo Story: Sinabung Volcano erupts in Indonesia

Mount Sinabung spews volcanic ash into the air during an eruption as seen from Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 23 August 2020. Mount Sinabung is one of the most active volcanoes…

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Photo Story: Activity increases on Mount Pacaya volcano in Guatemala

An explosion is seen on the top of Mount Pacaya volcano in a photo taken from Cerro Chino, in San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala, late 26 July 2020. The volcano's activity…

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Stromboli volcano erupted again

Stromboli blew its stack again on Sunday morning spooking the inhabitants of the iconic volcanic island. Two strong explosions were clearly felt by residents at around five o'clock in the…

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Photo Story: Sangay volcano in activity in Ecuador

A picture taken with a slow shutter speed shows a column of ashes and smoke and a flow of lava erupt from Sangay volcano at the Sangay National Park in…

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Mt Etna viewing from Malta

Sicily remains one of the favourite attractions for Maltese going abroad. While waiting for the opening up of borders, Mount Etna seemed to miss the Maltese seeing it and as…

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The heart that rose from the ashes over Mt Etna

An ash heart rises from Etna, as a sign of encouragement for this beginning of phase 2. A very suggestive image of the Sicilian volcano that was captured by Davide…

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Watch – Etna volcano eruption

The Etna volcano in Sicily, on Sunday started erupting mainly on what is known as the new South East crater, causing among other things lava flows and tremors. Reports indicated…

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Large magmatic eruption is taking place at Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia

Krakatoa, also known has Krakatau, has reportedly erupted in Indonesia. There are reports of a "large magmatic eruption" happening right now. NZHerald reports that satellite imagery shows ash several kilometres…

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Stromboli Volcano starts erupting again

Stromboli started erupting again Tuesday belching out lava down to the coast of the iconic Aeolian island. "The intensified activity will continue for the next few days at least," said…

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Indonesia’s Mount Merapi Volcano erupts

Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted on Tuesday morning, sending a 6-km (3.7 mile) column of ash into the air and triggering the closure of the airport in the nearby city…

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Philippine volcano shows signs of calming, but danger remains

A Philippine volcano that has been spewing ash for days appeared to be calming down on Thursday, but seismologists said the danger of an eruption remained high and authorities warned…

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Photo Story: Photos from the Taal Volcano eruption in Philippines

A series of photos after a volcano eruption in Talisay, Batangas, Philippines, 13 January 2020. Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate as authorities in the Philippines raised the…

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Evacuations as lava gushes from Philippine volcano, ash reaches capital Manila

Red-hot lava gushed out of a Philippine volcano Monday after a sudden eruption of ash and steam that forced villagers to flee and shut down Manila’s international airport, offices and…

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New Zealand holds minute of silence for volcano victims

New Zealanders across the country observed a minute of silence on Monday to honour the victims of last week's fatal volcanic eruption, as police continued efforts to recover two…

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UPDATED: New Zealand volcano death toll rises to 18 as victim dies in Australia hospital

The death toll from New Zealand's White Island volcano eruption rose to 18 Sunday, including two people whose bodies have not been recovered, police said. A land search early Sunday…

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Death toll after New Zealand’s volcano eruption rises to 15

New Zealand divers searched contaminated waters near the volcanic White Island for two remaining bodies on Saturday, as the death toll from an eruption rose to 15 people, the police…

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Photo Story: Images of the White Island volcanic eruption search in New Zealand

Handout photos made available by Royal New Zealand Navy shows authorities during a recovery operation on White Island, New Zealand, 13 December 2019. According to recent media reports, a…

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Six bodies recovered from White Island

New Zealand authorities have recovered six more bodies after a team landed on White Island to begin a high-risk operation to bring back victims of Monday's volcanic eruption. The bodies…

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