カテゴリー: Volcanoes
Warnings issued for Australia, Alaska, Hawaii and US west coast as waves observed in Tonga, American Samoa and FijiAn undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion on Saturday near the Pacific nation of Tonga, sending tsunami waves crashing across th…
Two years ago New Zealand’s Whakaari volcano eruption killed 22 people and changed the lives of many others foreverOn a pristine day two years ago, a group of mostly international day-trippers boarded boats and chugged over to Whakaari/White Island, a …
Drone footage has captured some of the devastation following the eruption of Mount Semeru on the Indonesian island of Java. Dozens of people have been killed and thousands remain displaced. The volcano continues to spew hot gas and ash, hampering rescu…
More fatalities expected as search for survivors continues following eruption at Mount Semeru on SaturdayIndonesia’s president has visited areas devastated by a powerful volcanic eruption that killed at least 34 people and left thousands homeless, and …
Search to resume when ‘a bit safer’, rescuer says, while some residents reported to have returned home after weekend eruption to check belongingsIndonesia’s Mount Semeru spewed more ash on Monday, forcing rescuers to suspend the search for survivors as…
A sudden eruption from the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java left several villages blanketed with falling ash.The eruption was accompanied by a thunderstorm that spread lava and smouldering debris, which formed t…
Dozens more injured as highest volcano on densely populated Java island spews huge ash cloud into airRescuers have been sifting through smouldering debris and thick mud in search of survivors a day after the highest volcano on Java island erupted, kill…
A Japanese artist has filmed herself trying to swim in a sea with a layer of pumice rocks about 30cm deep in the water. The stones are believed to have travelled almost 1,500km from an eruption in the Pacific’s Ogasawara Islands in August Con…
Drone footage shows vast amounts of pumice pebbles, spewed out months ago by an undersea volcano, clogging up a fishing port in Kagoshima prefecture, in southern Japan. The pumice has so far affected 19 ports in Kagoshima, and 11 on Okinawa, putting hu…
Dozens of fishing vessels and ports have been damaged, with tonnes of the floating pebbles being removed from coastlines every dayVast amounts of pumice pebbles, spewed out months ago by an undersea volcano, has clogged dozens of ports and damaged fish…
A volcano blasted ash two miles into the sky after erupting on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu on Wednesday.Officials warned of a risk of large falling rocks and lava flows within a radius of about half a mile around the mountain’s crater, but t…
Crescent-shaped landmass 50km south of Minami Ioto could disappear due to erosionThe 6,000-plus islands that make up the Japanese archipelago have a new addition, after scientists said an undersea volcanic eruption 1,200km (745 miles) south of Tokyo ha…
The country’s most active volcano has unleashed a river of lava, searing gas and ash down its 3,000m slopes on Java island, threatening vulnerable villages Mount Merapi volcano erupts Continue reading…
River of lava and gas clouds flow 3,000 metres down slopes of country’s most active volcanoIndonesia’s most active volcano has erupted, sending a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 3,000 metres (9,850ft) down its slopes. The sounds of the eru…
Volcanoes in Java continue to show worrying signs, with authorities closely monitoring seismic activity as they spew lava and ash many kilometres into the atmosphere. At 3,676 metres (12,060 feet), Mount Semeru in East Java is one of the highest volcan…