The Philippine authorities on Friday evacuated people from the six kilometers radius danger zone around the erupting Mayon Volcano in Albay province, approximately 500 km southeast of the capital Manila. The Albay Provincial Information Office said more than 18,000 people…
One of Russia’s most active volcanoes just erupted and covered villages in piles of ash
One of Russia’s most active volcanoes erupted on the far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday, shooting a vast cloud of ash far into the sky that smothered villages in drifts of volcanic dust and triggered an aviation warning. The Shiveluch volcano…
Bodies found in plane wreck on Philippines’ Mayon volcano
Rescuers have found the bodies of all four people on board a small plane which crashed into an active Philippine volcano last week. Authorities on Thursday confirmed the deaths of the two Filipino pilots and two Australian passengers. Search teams…
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts again as the summit crater glows
Hawaii’s Kilauea began erupting inside its summit crater Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, less than one month after the volcano and its larger neighbor Mauna Loa stopped releasing lava. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected a glow in webcam images…
Mauna Loa alert downgraded as scientists believe Hawaii volcano may stop erupting soon
The active volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has been downgraded from a warning to a watch as scientists believe Mauna Loa’s eruption is coming to an end. On Saturday, a bulletin from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported…
Volcano erupts on same Indonesian island as earlier quake (KoreaHerald)
A volcano erupted Wednesday on the same central Indonesian island struck last week by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, but no evacuations were ordered. Mount Soputan on the northern part of Sulawesi island spewed ash more than 6,000 meters (19,700…