Category Orange Alert

Orange typhoon alert issued in China

China’s marine forecast station on Sunday issued an orange alert as a powerful typhoon generates giant waves.   Waves up to nine meters have been seen in the East China Sea under the influence of the typhoon Vongfong and a strong…

Strong explosion with pyroclastic flows, ash plume to 11 km altitude at Shiveluch Volcano in Kamchatka, Russia

A powerful explosion occurred at the volcano today (24 Sept) at 12:41 local time, producing an ash plume that rose to 38,000 ft (11 km) altitude. It generated several pyroclastic flows, some of which surpassed the 350 m high western…

Alert level raised to ORANGE due to increased activity of Barðarbunga Volcano in Iceland

Icelandic authorities have raised aviation alert levels to orange after seismic activity around one of the country’s volcanoes was detected. A swarm of earthquakes have been measured by Icelandic experts with the country’s Meteorological Office around the Barðarbunga volcano that…