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Watch: Japan's Sakurajima Volcano Erupts, Sending Ash Plume 3,000 Metres Into The Sky
Sakurajima volcano in Japan erupted on May 15, 2025, sending a 3,000-meter ash plume into the air, with authorities closely monitoring the situation.
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Watch: Smoke Fills Air As Kanlaon Volcano Erupts In Philippines
A volcano in the central Philippines erupted early Tuesday morning, sending a plume of ash 4,000 metres (2.5 miles) into the sky and prompting calls for local school cancellations.
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Mount Spurr Volcano in Alaska Shows Signs of Possible Eruption
Mount Spurr, a stratovolcano west of Anchorage, has shown rising seismic activity, gas emissions, and melting snow, suggesting magma movement beneath the surface. Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory believe an eruption is becoming more likely, with historical eruptions in 1953 and 1992 at Crater Peak having sent ash plumes over Anchorage. ...
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Airlines Cancel Flights After Volcanic Eruptions. Why That's A Good Thing
At least three airlines cancelled flights between Australia and Bali this week after a volcano eruption in eastern Indonesia spewed a vast plume of volcanic ash into the air.
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Video Shows Rivers Of Cold Lava After Volcanic Eruption In Philippines
The eruption sent a plume of ash kilometres into the sky and caused dozens of flights to be cancelled and hundreds of people to be evacuated.
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Lascar Volcano In Chile's Andes Stirs, Shoots Smoke, Ash 6 Kms Upwards
A volcano in the Andes in Chile's north rumbled to life early Saturday, triggering minor earth tremors and sending a plume of smoke and ash 6,000 meters (nearly 20,000 feet) into a clear sky.
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Watch: Japan's Mount Aso Volcano Erupts, Shoots Ash 11,500 Feet Into Sky
Mount Aso, a volcano in the tourist destination on the main southern island of Kyushu in Japan, sent plumes of ash 3.5 km high when it erupted on Wednesday, prompting warnings of lava flows and falling rocks.
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Shocking Footage Shows Volcanic Eruption Engulf New Zealand Island
Shocking videos have captured the moment a volcano eruption on White Island in New Zealand sent plumes of ash and smoke 12,000 feet into the air.
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'Angry' Indonesia Volcano "Child Of Krakatoa" Was On Eruption Watchlist
The volcano that apparently triggered a deadly tsunami in Indonesia yesterday emerged from the sea around the legendary Krakatoa 90 years ago and has been on a high-level eruption watchlist for the past decade.
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Bali Volcano Erupts, Throws Orange Lava 2,000 Metres High In Sky
A volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali erupted Monday, belching a plume of ash 2,000 metres (6,500 feet) high as bright orange lava cascaded from its summit.
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Guatemala Volcano Killed Dozens With Its Pyroclastic Flow. Here's What That Is.
Guatemala's Volcan de Fuego - Volcano of Fire - erupted spectacularly Sunday, shooting a plume of ash and gas nearly six miles into the sky and spreading ash and debris across towns and farms more than 10 miles away from the volcano.
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As Hawaii's Kilauea Erupts, Volcanologists Swarm: "I Expect Great Science From This Event"
Through the laze and vog, Kilauea is giving up some of its secrets. The volcano that began a new round of eruptions on May 3 is proving to be a bonanza for volcanologists, as it cracks apart at its base and blows periodically at its top to jettison lava and plumes of ash across much of an anxious Big Island.
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'Explosive' Eruption At Hawaii Volcano Sends Ash 30,000 Feet In The Sky
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted explosively early Thursday, tossing boulders hundreds of feet and sending a plume of ash about 30,000 feet into the predawn sky.
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"Ballistic Blocks" Shoot From Hawaii Volcano, May Mark Start Of Violent Eruptions
"Ballistic blocks" the size of microwave ovens shot from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Wednesday in what may be the start of explosive eruptions that could spew huge ash plumes and hurl smaller rocks for miles (km), the US Geological Survey said.
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Thousands More Filipinos Displaced As Volcanic Lava Fires Ash 5 Km High
The number of people displaced by an erupting Philippine volcano soared to more than 61,000 by Wednesday, the Southeast Asian country's disaster agency said, as Mount Mayon ejected lava that produced an ash plume 5 km (3 miles) high.
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Watch: Japan's Sakurajima Volcano Erupts, Sending Ash Plume 3,000 Metres Into The Sky
Sakurajima volcano in Japan erupted on May 15, 2025, sending a 3,000-meter ash plume into the air, with authorities closely monitoring the situation.
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Watch: Smoke Fills Air As Kanlaon Volcano Erupts In Philippines
A volcano in the central Philippines erupted early Tuesday morning, sending a plume of ash 4,000 metres (2.5 miles) into the sky and prompting calls for local school cancellations.
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Mount Spurr Volcano in Alaska Shows Signs of Possible Eruption
Mount Spurr, a stratovolcano west of Anchorage, has shown rising seismic activity, gas emissions, and melting snow, suggesting magma movement beneath the surface. Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory believe an eruption is becoming more likely, with historical eruptions in 1953 and 1992 at Crater Peak having sent ash plumes over Anchorage. ...
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Airlines Cancel Flights After Volcanic Eruptions. Why That's A Good Thing
At least three airlines cancelled flights between Australia and Bali this week after a volcano eruption in eastern Indonesia spewed a vast plume of volcanic ash into the air.
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Video Shows Rivers Of Cold Lava After Volcanic Eruption In Philippines
The eruption sent a plume of ash kilometres into the sky and caused dozens of flights to be cancelled and hundreds of people to be evacuated.
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Lascar Volcano In Chile's Andes Stirs, Shoots Smoke, Ash 6 Kms Upwards
A volcano in the Andes in Chile's north rumbled to life early Saturday, triggering minor earth tremors and sending a plume of smoke and ash 6,000 meters (nearly 20,000 feet) into a clear sky.
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Watch: Japan's Mount Aso Volcano Erupts, Shoots Ash 11,500 Feet Into Sky
Mount Aso, a volcano in the tourist destination on the main southern island of Kyushu in Japan, sent plumes of ash 3.5 km high when it erupted on Wednesday, prompting warnings of lava flows and falling rocks.
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Shocking Footage Shows Volcanic Eruption Engulf New Zealand Island
Shocking videos have captured the moment a volcano eruption on White Island in New Zealand sent plumes of ash and smoke 12,000 feet into the air.
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'Angry' Indonesia Volcano "Child Of Krakatoa" Was On Eruption Watchlist
The volcano that apparently triggered a deadly tsunami in Indonesia yesterday emerged from the sea around the legendary Krakatoa 90 years ago and has been on a high-level eruption watchlist for the past decade.
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Bali Volcano Erupts, Throws Orange Lava 2,000 Metres High In Sky
A volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali erupted Monday, belching a plume of ash 2,000 metres (6,500 feet) high as bright orange lava cascaded from its summit.
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Guatemala Volcano Killed Dozens With Its Pyroclastic Flow. Here's What That Is.
Guatemala's Volcan de Fuego - Volcano of Fire - erupted spectacularly Sunday, shooting a plume of ash and gas nearly six miles into the sky and spreading ash and debris across towns and farms more than 10 miles away from the volcano.
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As Hawaii's Kilauea Erupts, Volcanologists Swarm: "I Expect Great Science From This Event"
Through the laze and vog, Kilauea is giving up some of its secrets. The volcano that began a new round of eruptions on May 3 is proving to be a bonanza for volcanologists, as it cracks apart at its base and blows periodically at its top to jettison lava and plumes of ash across much of an anxious Big Island.
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'Explosive' Eruption At Hawaii Volcano Sends Ash 30,000 Feet In The Sky
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted explosively early Thursday, tossing boulders hundreds of feet and sending a plume of ash about 30,000 feet into the predawn sky.
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"Ballistic Blocks" Shoot From Hawaii Volcano, May Mark Start Of Violent Eruptions
"Ballistic blocks" the size of microwave ovens shot from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Wednesday in what may be the start of explosive eruptions that could spew huge ash plumes and hurl smaller rocks for miles (km), the US Geological Survey said.
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Thousands More Filipinos Displaced As Volcanic Lava Fires Ash 5 Km High
The number of people displaced by an erupting Philippine volcano soared to more than 61,000 by Wednesday, the Southeast Asian country's disaster agency said, as Mount Mayon ejected lava that produced an ash plume 5 km (3 miles) high.
