Tag: Volcanic eruptions
Semeru volcano on Indonesia’s Java island spews hot clouds
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Mount Semeru, the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java, spewed hot clouds as far away as...
Indonesia’s Merapi volcano spews hot clouds, 500 evacuate
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano spewed avalanches of hot clouds Thursday morning as hundreds more residents were evacuated from its fertile...
Lava spatters, flows inside crater of Hawaii volcano
HONOLULU (AP) — Lava spattered and flowed over the weekend inside the crater of a Hawaii volcano that began erupting in December.
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Eastern Caribbean issues rare alerts for rumbling volcanoes
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Volcanoes that have been quiet for decades are rumbling to life in the eastern Caribbean, prompting officials to...
Park rangers cite visitors to Hawaii volcano eruption site
HONOLULU (AP) — Park rangers have cited dozens of people who have gathered at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to witness an ongoing eruption of...
Mallard to go? Dig of Pompeii fast-food place reveals tastes
ROME (AP) — A fast-food eatery at Pompeii has been excavated, helping to reveal dishes that were popular for the citizens of the ancient...
Hawaii volcano gushes lava from vents in summit crater
HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii volcano that began erupting for the first time in two years continued Wednesday to gush lava from two vents...
Lava lake forms as Hawaii volcano erupts after 2-year break
HONOLULU (AP) — Lava was rising more than 3 feet (1 meter) per hour in the deep crater of a Hawaii volcano that began...
Volcano erupts on Hawaii’s Big Island, draws crowds to park
HONOLULU (AP) — Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island roared back to life Sunday night as lava went shooting into the air, boiling away...
New Zealand marks one year since volcanic eruption killed 22
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A woman whose son was killed in a volcanic eruption in New Zealand a year ago said that as...
Bodies of man and his slave unearthed from ashes at Pompeii
ROME (AP) — Skeletal remains of what are believed to have been a rich man and his male slave attempting to escape death from...
Evacuation begins as Indonesia’s most active volcano rumbles
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities began evacuating people living on the volatile Mount Merapi volcano’s fertile slopes on Friday following an increase in...
Indonesia raises volcano threat level, sets no-go-zone
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities raised the danger level for the volatile Mount Merapi volcano on the densely populated island of Java on...
Powerful typhoon lashes Philippines, killing at least 10
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A super typhoon blew into the eastern Philippines with disastrous force Sunday, killing at least 10 people and triggering volcanic...
Winds kick up century old volcanic ash in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — While western U.S. states were suffering from hazy red skies from wildfires, Alaska was dealing with an air quality problem...
Roglic imperial on Tour de France Stage 13 won by Martinez
PUY MARY, France (AP) — The slow-burning fight for the Tour de France's yellow jersey erupted in earnest on the remains of a once-giant...
Indonesia’s Sinabung volcano spews new burst of hot ash
MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) —...
2 strong earthquakes shake western Indonesia; no tsunami
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) —...
Indonesia’s Sinabung volcano ejects towering column of ash
MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) —...
