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by Jocelyne Zablit Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted from its summit early Thursday, shooting a huge plume of ash miles into the sky and prompting authorities to urge area residents to take cover. The Hawaii Volcano Observatory said the explosion within Kilauea’s Halemaumau crater had produced a volcanic cloud that reached as high as 30,000 feet (9,000 meters) and was drifting downwind to the northeast. The Observatory […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A massive plume of volcanic ash burst from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on Tuesday, prompting authorities to issue warnings about air quality and the likelihood of a major eruption. The Hawaiian County Civil Defense Agency said rock falls and gas explosions from one of the craters on Kilauea had caused the ash plume which was drifting downwind to the southwest. Authorities said the ash cloud was as high as 10,000 […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Two new fissures have opened on Hawaii’s Big Island, officials said on Monday, warning of more lava eruptions and gas emissions from the Kilauea volcano. Authorities said the two new cracks were spotted in the Lanipuna Gardens neighborhood where residents were ordered to evacuate earlier this month after the volcano erupted and two major earthquakes rattled the island. “This morning, activity is dominated by lava fountaining, the explosion of […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian villagers living in the shadow of one of the world’s most active volcanoes fled to safety Friday as the crater erupted, sending a cascade of ash and smoke some 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) into the sky. The government ordered residents living within a five-kilometer (three-mile) radius of Mount Merapi on Java island to leave as ash covered surrounding communities and even reached parts of Yogyakarta, Indonesia’s cultural capital some 30 […]
LEILANI ESTATES, United States (AFP) — Volcanic activity from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano paused on Tuesday, authorities said, while warning that more outbreaks should be anticipated. The US Geological Survey said two new fissures broke ground on Monday near Leilani Estates, spewing lava and hazardous fumes. It added that though the eruption had paused early Tuesday, gas continues to emanate from a fissure system that is now 2.5 miles (four kilometers) long — and more seismic […]
by Frederic J. Brown Agence France Presse LEILANI ESTATES, United States (AFP) — Thousands of people have been forced to flee after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook Hawaii’s Big Island, triggering the collapse of a coastal cliff and prompting fresh eruptions of a volcano that has been spewing lava near residential areas. No injuries have been reported but several homes were destroyed or badly damaged by the quake Friday, the biggest to hit the island […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has lowered the Alert Level status of Mayon volcano, but entry into the six-kilometer permanent danger zone (PDZ) is still strictly prohibited. On Tuesday, March 6, PHIVOLCS said an Alert Level 3, instead of an Alert Level 4, has now been hoisted over the volcano in Albay, citing the overall decrease in its level of unrest for the move. In particular, the agency said […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said on Monday that an Alert Level 4 remains in effect over Mt. Mayon, as authorities announced that over 200,000 families have already been affected by the volcano’s activities. According to PHIVOLCS, the alert level means that a “hazardous” eruption of the volcano in Albay was still imminent, with weak lava fountaining, lava effusion and degassing being seen from its summit crater for the past 24 hours. As […]
GUATEMALA, Guatemala (AFP) — The eruption of a volcano near the Guatemalan capital subsided Thursday after 20 hours of activity that rained ash on nearby communities and prompted an orange alert, a spokesman said. The eruption of the Volcan de Fuego (“Fire Volcano”) sent ash towering 1.7 kilometers (one mile) into the sky and raining down on at least eight communities, said David de Leon, an emergency services spokesman. Authorities announced an orange alert earlier […]
By Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse With chili-flavored “lava ice cream” in demand and awestruck tourists packing onto viewing decks, the erupting Mayon volcano is sparking a local business boom in a region where tens of thousands of others have fled for their lives. Albay province has built its image around the picture-perfect, cone-shaped Mayon volcano whose periodic activity offers both boundless opportunity as well as enduring misery. Since Mayon began shooting out lava two weeks […]
by Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse GUINOBATAN, Philippines (AFP) — As blistering lava spews from the seething volcano nearby, Philippine farmer Jay Balindang leads his buffalo through the ash-strewn paddy fields of the no-go zone, creeping closer to danger in a desperate bid to support his family. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from around the erupting Mayon volcano, as a white-hot cocktail of gas and volcanic debris streaks down its flanks, […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to go to Albay to visit the residents affected by Mount Mayon’s recent activity. “I’ll probably take a rest for a day or two first … but I will go to Mayon,” the President said. He said he expected his plane to have difficulty landing in Legazpi City. He said it was “(not) the (ashfall) there, but the wind current that you have to worry about because it […]
