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Efforts to recover the bodies of at least 24 climbers have been suspended again after the eruption on Japan’s Mount Ontake intensified. A BBC correspondent near the mountain on Tuesday said the volcano was shooting out even more ash, smoke…
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…
Seven people were unconscious and eight suffered serious injuries after a volcano erupted in central Japan shortly before noon on Saturday, according to local media. Ash spewed from the volcano, named the Ontake that straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures in…
An eruption inside the Bárðarbunga caldera would lead to a flood, likely up north and a considerable ash cloud, says volcanologist Ármann Höskuldsson in an interview with Vísir, reports Grapevine.is. “It is becoming more likely that there will be an…
Activity at the volcano has increased and VSI raised the alert level to “siaga”, 3 on a scale of 1-4. The mild strombolian activity which had been going on for months at the volcano has become more and more intense…
Explosions and emissions increased during the early hours of Monday in Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano, local media reported, citing the country’s scientific institute. The 5,023-meter (16,575-foot) volcano Tungurahua, located in the central Andes region and 87 miles (140 km)south of the…
Courtesy of vox..com / Ármann Höskuldsson/University of Iceland
Bardarbunga:Icelandic authorities Sunday raised an aviation alert to the highest level of red for a small area in the south-east, after a fissure eruption near the Bardarbunga volcano. The eruption began at about 0600 GMT in the Holuhraun lava…
A volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea on Friday sent smoke and ash spewing high over the South Pacific island nation, leading some aircraft to alter their flight paths. Mount Tavurvur on East New Britain Island erupted hours before…
The Fuego volcano increased its eruptive activity Tuesday and threw ashes on several villages in Guatemala, so that the authorities remain alert, although no evacuation has been ordered. As reported by the State Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conrad) in a…