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Volcano WARNING: THESE volcanoes are most ‘OVERDUE’ for eruption and pose greatest threat
Express   11 June 2018   World  
<p>Volcanic eruptions are nearly impossible to predict, but scientists are able to estimate which volcanoes are more “overdue” than others based on their eruption history.<br>Ben Edwards, a professor of earth sciences at Dickinson College, said: "Overdue in ...
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Hawaii volcano eruption destroys 600 homes, but creates more than a kilometre of new lan
ABC News   08 June 2018   Hawaii   Kilauea Volcano  
Photo: The number of homes destroyed by the eruption has increased dramatically. (Reuters: Terray Sylvester)
<p>Approximately 600 homes have been destroyed by lava flows on Hawaii's Big Island since the current eruption of Kilaeua Volcano began early last month, Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim says.The latest estimate of property losses from Kilauea, one of the world's ...
A new fissure has formed as the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island continues to erupt
9NEWS.com.au   15 May 2018   Hawaii   Kilauea Volcano  
A lava flow near the Leilani Estates neighbourhood smokes and emits fumes as it consumes the surrounding jungle. Picture: Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY NETWORK / MEGASource:Mega
<p>The Hawaii State Department of Health has issued a warning that gases from the current volcanic activity is potentially dangerous and advised local residents to leave the area.</p> <p>People living in the lower Puna area of the Big Island have been issued ...
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The Kilauea volcano is ‘speaking in a code’ we don’t yet understand
Popular Science   09 May 2018   Hawaii   Kilauea Volcano  
A 2014 photo of the Kilauea lava lake./U.S. Geological Survey via Flickr
<p>Last week, new lava vents burst open in the earth around the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, accompanied by the rumbling of earthquakes, and fiery fountains of earth shooting hundreds of feet into the sky. Whether you ascribe the cracks to ...
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Philippine volcano spreads lava almost 2 miles from crater
ABC News   24 January 2018   Philippines  
Mayon volcano spews red-hot lava in another eruption as seen from Legazpi city, Albay province, around 340 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018.
<p>Lava fountaining regularly from the Philippines' most active volcano has flowed up to 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the crater in a dazzling but increasingly dangerous eruption.</p> <p>Mount Mayon has spewed lava up to 600 meters (2,000 feet) high at times ...
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Ash-spewing volcano in Papua New Guinea forces villagers to flee, local media says
ABC News   07 January 2018   Papua New Guinea  
PHOTO: The ash clouds have been thrown up steadily to a height of about 2,133 metres. (Facebook: Samaritan Aviation)
<p>A remote island volcano in Papua New Guinea has begun spewing ash into the air, forcing the evacuation of more than 500 residents, media and non-profit groups have said.</p> <p>Kadovar Island, a 365-metre tall volcano on the north coast of PNG, was thought ...
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Volcanic eruption in Japan spreads ash in 4 cities, towns
ABC News   12 October 2017   Japan  
Volcanic smoke rises from the Shinmoedake volcano after its eruption in the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, southwestern Japan, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. (Tomoaki Ito/Kyodo News via AP)
<p>A volcano in southwestern Japan is erupting for the first time in six years, spewing ash over nearby farms, cities and towns.</p> <p>Japanese broadcaster TBS showed elementary school students wearing helmets and masks Thursday on the way to their school ...
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SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH: Siberian volcanoes caused Earth’s LARGEST mass extinction EVER
Express   04 October 2017   USA   New York  
Volcano eruption
<p>EARTH&rsquo;S most devastating extinction was triggered by Siberian volcanic eruptions 250 million years ago, scientists claim.</p> <p>Hardly any species survived the Great Permian Extinction, known as the &ldquo;Great Dying&rdquo;.</p> <p>The event wiped ...
Vanuatu: Volcanic eruption forces at least 6,000 people to evacuate Ambae island
abc.net.au   27 September 2017   Republic of Vanuatu   South Pacific  
Smoke was seen coming out of the volcano on Ambae island earlier this week. (Facebook: Vanuatu Red Cross, file)
<p>Vanuatu's Government has declared a state of emergency after an erupting volcano forced at least 6,000 people to flee their homes on the island of Ambae.</p> <p>The Manaro volcano has been active since 2005, but a recent increase in activity has raised ...
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