All posts tagged "Volcano"

Experts in Iceland have detected no new lava flows following the recent volcanic eruption in the country. Quoting Elísabet Pálmadóttir, an expert on natural disasters at the Icelandic Meteorological Institute, the radio station RÚV reported on Tuesday that lava had last been seen coming out of a fissure on the north side of the volcano at around 1 am (0100 GMT). No lava had flowed from a fissure further south, near the town of Grindavík, since Monday morning, Pálmadóttir said. However, she emphasized that she was not yet able to say that the eruption was over, and warned that new fissures coul......

(Reuters) -A volcano erupted in southwest Iceland on Sunday, posing an immediate threat to a nearby small fishing town although it had been evacuated earlier and no people were in danger, authorities said. Early-morning video footage from the site showed fountains of molten rock spewing from fissures in the ground, the bright orange lava flow glowing against the dark sky. "No lives are in danger, although infrastructure may be under threat," Iceland's President Gudni Johannesson said on social media site X, adding there had been no interruptions to flights. The eruption began early on Sunday n......

At least 11 hikers were killed and 12 others are missing after Mount Merapi in Indonesia's West Sumatra province erupted on Sunday, triggering volcanic ash rain in several areas. At least 49 people have been safely evacuated after the eruption, while attempts were being made to move several others to safety, said Abdul Malik, the head of the National Search and Rescue Agency in the provincial capital, Padang. "Eleven people were found dead," he said. The National Disaster Management Agency said the 2981-meter volcano erupted for almost five minutes on Sunday after months of increased activity.......

Los Angeles (AFP) - Fountains of lava and rivers of molten rock were spewing from the world's biggest volcano Friday, as the first eruption there in almost four decades showed no signs of abating. Two fissures on Mauna Loa were venting huge volumes of viscous rock and gases from deep within the Earth, in a thunderous display of the power of nature. Vulcanologists said they were watching lava flows heading towards a highway on Hawaii's largest island, though they still believe the eruption, which began Sunday, posed no immediate threat to humans. "The Northeast Rift Zone eruption of Mauna Loa c......

Los Angeles (AFP) - Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, has erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years, US authorities said, as emergency crews went on alert early Monday. Flows of lava remained "contained" within the summit caldera of Mauna Loa, but the eruption could pose a threat to nearby residents should conditions change, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported at 11:45 pm local time Sunday (9:45 GMT Monday) some 15 minutes after the eruption inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. "At this time, lava flows are contained within the summit area and a......

Wellington (AFP) - A massive volcanic eruption in Tonga that triggered tsunami waves around the Pacific caused "significant damage" to the island nation's capital and smothered it in dust, but the full extent was not apparent with communications still cut off on Sunday. The eruption on Saturday was so powerful it was recorded around the world, triggering a tsunami that flooded Pacific coastlines from Japan to the United States. The capital Nuku'alofa suffered "significant" damage, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, adding there had been no reports of injury or death but a full ass......