Volcanic Eruption

A powerful eruption occurred at Russia’s Klyuchevskoy volcano on Wednesday, just hours after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Kamchatka coast, prompting tsunami alerts across parts of the Pacific. Russia’s Geophysical…
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This summer has seen among the longest prolonged heatwave periods in India’s meteorological history. Soaring temperatures of 45-50°C – some places reported over 50°C – continued for over a month in May and June in the Northwest region.…
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Iceland began admitting people to the site of a volcanic eruption after most noxious gases dissipated. Some 24 hours after magma flows started in the uninhabited area on the Reykjanes Peninsula, the eruption had quieted enough to allow…
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The spectacle of incandescent lava spewing from Hawaii’s Mauna Loa has drawn thousands of visitors and is turning into a tourism boon for this Big Island town near the world’s largest volcano. Some hotels in and around Hilo are becoming…
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Ten people trapped after Indonesia’s Semeru volcano erupted have been evacuated to safety, the country’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on Sunday, as the death toll from the disaster climbed to at least 13 and with dozens injured.…
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