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MONSTER ERUPTIONS: Panic as two volcanoes EXPLODE causing mass evacuation

  EARTHQUAKES struck today in a volatile region that saw TWO massive volcanic eruptions less than 24 hours ago.   More than 1,200 people today remain evacuated from a 1.9-mile containment zone around Mount Egon in Kupang, eastern Indonesia, after…

Air traffic alert issued due to ash explosions from Kanlaon Volcano, Philippines

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded two ash explosions coming from Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Oriental on Saturday.    Resident volcanologist Jay Jamelo said the first ash eruption was recorded at 11:40 a.m. while the second one…

Pyroclastic flows destroy village on southern flank at Sinabung volcano in Sumatra, Indonesia

Image: @endrolewa / twitter A series of strong pyroclastic flows occurred yesterday 28 April 2015, reaching 3-4.5 km distance. The largest, at 18:20 local time touched and burnt the (evacuated) village of Guru Kinayan on the southern slope of the…

Chile volcano ash cloud reaches Brazil Some flights canceled

REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado Ash from the Chilean volcano Calbuco, which erupted without warning this week, reached as far as southern Brazil on Saturday and prompted some airlines to cancel flights to the capitals of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.   Calbuco, considered…