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Apr102021 by adminNo Comments

Saint Vincent volcano: Island awakes to ash and sulphur smell

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Inhabitants of the Caribbean island of St Vincent have woken up to "extremely heavy ash fall and sulphur smells" after Friday's eruption of the La Soufrière volcano.Emergency management officials said the volcano's emissions had advanced to the country's capital Kingstown.Witnesses said the volcano was still rumbling and emitting dark clouds of ash thousands of metres into the air.La Soufrière, dormant for decades, started to become active in December.Thousands of people have been forced out of their homes, and on Thursday Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves urged more than 16,000 residents in "red zones" to evacuate.Ash fall has been recorded as far from the volcano as Argyle International Airport some 20 km (12 miles) away, St Vincent's National Emergency Management Organisation (Nemo SVG) sa...

Apr92021 by adminNo Comments

St. Vincent volcano erupts twice in Caribbean amid evacuation

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April 9 (UPI) -- A volcano on the southeastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent erupted twice Friday, hours after displaying increased seismic activity and prompting a mass evacuation of residents and visitors. St. Vincent is the largest of a chain of islands in the Lesser Antilles that make up the country St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The country's National Emergency Management Organization announced the eruption of La Soufriere volcano. Advertisement The agency tweeted that the volcano erupted four days shy of the 42nd anniversary of its 1979 explosion and that ash plumes Friday reached 20,000 feet and blew eastward. The second eruption was smaller than the first. St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves issued an evacuation order on Thursday for those in the "red ...

Mar212021 by adminNo Comments

Iceland volcano: Lava-spewing Fagradalsfjall ‘subsiding’

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A volcano which erupted on Friday night near Iceland's capital Reykjavik seems to be subsiding, scientists say.Lava at Fagradalsfjall burst through a crack in the Earth's crust hundreds of metres long and a series of small fountains turned the night sky red.Icelanders had been bracing themselves for an eruption for several weeks, after the island nation recorded more than 50,000 recent earthquakes.Meteorologists said the eruption was small and no-one was in danger.The last eruption there was some 800 years ago.In 2010, the eruption of another volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, brought air traffic to a halt across Europe.However, the eruption of Fagradalsfjall has not spewed out much ash, so no major disruption is expected.The biggest threat was pollution from the gases that had been released, and ...

Mar202021 by adminNo Comments

Eruption of Iceland volcano easing, not affecting flights

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Meteorologists in Iceland say the eruption of a long-dormant volcano is easing and shouldn’t interfere with air travelBy EGILL BJARNASON Associated PressMarch 20, 2021, 8:13 PM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleREYKJAVIK, Iceland -- The eruption of a long-dormant volcano that sent streams of lava flowing across a small valley in southwestern Iceland is easing and shouldn’t interfere with air travel, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said Saturday.The fissure eruption began at around 8:45 p.m. Friday in the Geldinga Valley, about 32 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of the capital, Reykjavik, the Met Office said. The eruption is “minor” and there were no signs of ash or dust that could disrupt aviation, the agency said.“The more we see, the smaller this eruption ...

Jan272021 by adminNo Comments

Indonesian volcano unleashes river of lava in new eruption

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Indonesia’s most active volcano has erupted with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing down its slopesBy SLAMET RIYADI Associated PressJanuary 27, 2021, 9:52 AM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleYOGYAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted Wednesday with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 1,600 meters (5,250 feet) down its slopes.It was Mount Merapi’s biggest lava flow since authorities raised its danger level in November, said Hanik Humaida, the head of Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center.After morning rain, ashfall turned into muck in several villages, where the sound of eruption could be heard 30 kilometers (18 away). Police and rescue services told miners to cease work along rivers but no ...