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Mount Etna illuminates night sky with 1,500-metre lava fountain
The Guardian   23 February 2021   Italy   Sicily  
Lava fountains put on a spectacular display. Photograph: Getty Images
<p>Mount Etna&rsquo;s spectacular eruptions reached a peak on Monday when the volcano&rsquo;s lava fountains soared to 1,500 metres &ndash; a display described by one expert as &ldquo;one of the most striking in the last few decades&rdquo;.<br />Europe&rsquo;s ...
Indonesia volcano erupts, spews red-hot lava
France24   19 February 2021   Indonesia   Jakarta  
Lava flows down from the crater of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta, Indonesia AGUNG SUPRIYANTO AFP
<p>Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted on Friday, belching out fiery red lava.<br />The volcano, close to Indonesia's cultural capital Yogyakarta on Java island, had already spewed lava almost two dozen times over the ...
Uttarakhand dam disaster: Race to save people trapped inside India tunnel
BBC NEWS   09 February 2021   India   Uttarakhand  
Up to 35 people are believed to be trapped in the tunnel
<p>Emergency teams are working round the clock to rescue up to 35 people believed to be trapped in a tunnel in northern India.<br />The tunnel was blocked after a huge flood in the state of Uttarakhand on Sunday in which 28 people have been killed, and as ...
Uttarakhand disaster likely caused by landslide, not glacial outburst, satellite images reveal
The Print   08 February 2021   India   Uttarakhand  
A rescue operation is underway after Glacier broke off at Joshimath, in Chamoli on 7 February 2021 | ANI Photo
<p>Coimbatore: International geologists and glaciologists studying satellite imagery say the cause of the Chamoli flooding disaster in Uttarakhand appears to be a landslide and not a glacial outburst as widely believed.<br />The first identification was done ...
At Least 46 Killed and Hundreds Injured as Quake Hits Indonesia
The New York Times   16 January 2021   Argentina   Sulawesi island  
Rudy Akdyaksyah/Associated Press
<p>A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the western coast of Sulawesi island in Indonesia early Friday, killing at least 46 people, destroying houses, flattening a hospital and setting off landslides, disaster officials said.<br />Rescuers were searching for ...
13 dead, dozens missing after two landslides hit village
Yahoo News   12 January 2021   Indonesia   West Java province  
Landslides triggered by heavy rain in the village left at a number of people died and injured, officials said. Source: AP
<p><br />Rescuers are searching for 26 people still missing after two landslides hit a village in Indonesia&rsquo;s West Java province over the weekend.<br />At least 13 people were killed and 29 others injured in the landslides that were triggered by heavy ...
6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Croatia, Killing At Least 6
npr   29 December 2020   Croatia   Zagreb  
Denis Lovrovic/AFP via Getty Images
<p>A powerful earthquake sent shockwaves through Croatia on Tuesday, causing major damage to a town south of the country's capital, Zagreb, and killing at least six, according to news reports quoting officials and residents.<br />The earthquake, with a magnitude ...
Moderate mag. 5.3 earthquake - Phocis, Central Greece, 19 km east of Nafpaktos, Aitoloakarnania, West Greece, on Wednesday, 23 Dec 4:58 pm (GMT +2) - 21 minutes ago
Volcano Discovery   23 December 2020   Greece   Nafpaktos  
5.3 quake 23 Dec 4:58 pm (GMT +2)
<p>A magnitude 5.3 earthquake near Nafpaktos, Aitoloakarnania, West Greece, Greece, was reported only 8 minutes ago by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. ...
4 dead, 6 missing in Cebu mine landslide
Photo courtesy of dyLA Cebu
<p>CEBU CITY &ndash; Four miners were confirmed dead while six others have remained missing following a landslide at the mining site of the Carmen Copper Corp. (CCC) in Toledo City in midwestern Cebu Monday afternoon.<br />Local authorities here have searched ...
Turkey-Greece quake: Search for survivors under rubble
BBC NEWS   31 October 2020   Greece, Turkey   Izmir, Samos  
Twenty buildings were turned into mounds of concrete rubble by the earthquake in Izmir
<p>Rescue teams in the Turkish port city of Izmir are hunting through the rubble of collapsed buildings for survivors of Friday's powerful earthquake.<br>The death toll from the quake, which also struck the Greek island of Samos, has risen to 27, with over ...