カテゴリー: Volcanoes
Indonesia’s Mount Semeru, the highest peak on Java island, has erupted, blanketing several villages with falling ash, prompting evacuations and leading authorities to raise the alert to the highest level.The volcano in East Java province unleashed sear…
More than 300 people most at risk are moved to shelters as tallest peak on Java island unleashes clouds of hot ashIndonesia’s Mount Semeru, the highest peak on Java island, has erupted, blanketing several villages with falling ash, prompting evacuation…
In today’s newsletter: Years of preparation and global coordination ensured communities from Japan to Hawaii were not caught off guardGood morning. Yesterday one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded hit a sparsely populated region in far east…
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on Tuesday, sending towering columns of hot ash into the air and spewing an ash cloud 10km high, the country’s volcanology agency said. Indonesian officials raised volcano alerts to their hi…
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on the island of Flores, east of Bali, erupted on Tuesday afternoon, leading to several airlines cancelling flightsA volcano in eastern Indonesia has spewed a colossal ash tower into the sky, forcing the cancellation of dozens …
Chinese national, 27, reportedly returned to Japan’s highest mountain days after first rescue to retrieve his phoneA university student has been rescued from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week – the second time during an attempt to r…
Kanlaon volcano in the Philippines erupted on Tuesday morning, shooting a plume of ash up to 4km into the air. The explosion has sparked health concerns due to the potential ashfalls to hit neighbouring villages. Kanlaon volcano remains one of the coun…
Twenty-two people died in the 2019 New Zealand disaster, mostly US and Australian cruise ship passengers on a walking tourThe owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal convictio…
The emergency began when the Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupted, spewing an ash column 9km high. With volcanic activity increasing in recent days, several international airlines have cancelled flights to and from Indonesia’s tourist island of Bal…
Jetstar, Qantas and Virgin flights in and out of Australia were cancelled after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki eruptedThree Australian airlines have cancelled flights to and from Bali after a volcanic eruption near the Indonesian holiday spot created a dange…
Authorities have been racing to evacuate people reluctant to leave villages affected by the erupting Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano on the Indonesian island of Flores. Volcanic material has continued to spew from its crater since 3 November, promptin…
Homes and a convent burn down as Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on island of Flores spews ash into the airAt least 10 people have died amid a series of volcanic eruptions on the Indonesian island of Flores, the country’s national disaster management has said…
Residents living near the volcano have been ordered to evacuate as authorities warn of further eruptionsAuthorities in the Philippines have ordered residents living near Kanlaon volcano in the country’s west to evacuate, after an eruption sent a 5km (t…
A volcano on the remote island of Halmahera has erupted, spewing a grey ash cloud into the sky and forcing people from seven nearby villages to evacuate, Indonesian authorities have said. Mount Ibu erupted on Saturday evening, sending ash 2.5 miles (4k…
The volcano on the remote island of Halmahera spewed grey ash clouds into the sky as streaks of purple lightning flashed around its craterA volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey ash cloud into th…