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Ash covers towns after Philippine volcano eruption

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- A volcano in the eastern Philippines spewed a huge, dark cloud on Sunday, prompting evacuations…

Papua New Guinea’s Ulawun volcano erupts

KOKOPO, Papua New Guinea (AFP) -- The Mount Ulawun volcano in northeastern Papua New Guinea erupted early Thursday, spewing ash…

Giant ice volcanoes identified on Pluto

by Daniel Lawler Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - Strange lumpy terrain on Pluto unlike anything previously observed in the…

PHIVOLCS: No earthquakes monitored at Taal in 24 hours but alert level 3 still in place

(Eagle News) -- No volcanic earthquake was monitored at Taal in 24 hours. However, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and…

Boarding on an active volcano: Nicaragua’s tourism boon

LEON, Nicaragua (AFP) - It took Ana Muller half an hour to trek to the peak of the Cerro Negro…

Some 900 families evacuated from Taal Volcano vicinity as magmatic unrest continues

Numbers expected to rise as evacuation of high-risk communities pushed   (Eagle News) – Around 900 families have already evacuated…

Thousands flee after Taal volcano erupts

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate from their homes near a Philippine volcano Saturday…

Hundreds flee their homes as Indonesian volcano erupts

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) - Indonesia's Mount Merapi unleashed a torrent of hot clouds, turning the sky a fiery red, as…

Tonga virus cases surge in wake of eruption

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) - The Omicron variant coronavirus entered Tonga for the first time in the wake of last month's…

Eruption-hit Tonga closes borders as Covid detected

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) - Volcano-devastated Tonga will close its borders Wednesday after Covid-19 was detected in the previously virus-free Pacific…

Covid-hit Australian warship delivers disaster aid to Tonga

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) -- A coronavirus-hit Australian warship docked in Tonga on Wednesday, delivering desperately needed aid to the volcano-and-tsunami-struck…

Covid outbreak on ship threatens Tonga aid efforts

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) - A Covid-19 outbreak on an Australian warship threatened to disrupt Tonga eruption aid efforts Tuesday, as…

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