Category Volcano Alert

Mount Sinabung has erupted three times within hours, spewing large plumes of smoke and ash into the sky in Indonesia

The third eruption on Friday morning [Stefanie Dekker/Al Jazeera] Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung has erupted three times within hours, spewing large plumes of smoke and ash into the sky.   Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker, reporting from the nearby town of Brastagi,…

Emergency food packs being stockpiled by authorities as volcano turns lively in the Philippines

The Philippines has stockpiled food supplies in case of evacuations after a volcano emitted ash and smoke six times in recent weeks, officials said Sunday.   In addition to the emergency food packs, authorities are closely watching communities near Bulusan…

Eruption at Bulusan Volcano; Classes suspended in two towns in the Philippines

Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon province spewed ashes anew Tuesday morning producing a 1-kilometer high grayish steam and ash plume which drifted towards the west-southwest.   The volcano, which has similar unrest just more than a month ago,  generated two steam-driven…

Thousands flee Volcano Sinabung eruption in Indonesia

A resident rides his motorcycle as Mount Sinabung spews ash at Namanteran village in Karo Regency, Indonesia’s North Sumatra province yesterday More than 10,000 villagers have fled a rumbling volcano in western Indonesia this month, most in recent days after…