Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 04:28:53 +0000
JAKARTA — The alert level for Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait was raised early Thursday amid increased volcanic activity.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 02:42:15 +0000
LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines — Mayon Volcano in Albay province belched out ash plumes twice on Thursday morning, indicating that the volcano remains unstable, a Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) report said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 10:33:50 +0000
For residents living on the west coast of Java Island, the eruptions that came from Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait prior to a tsunami that struck the area on Saturday were nothing out of the ordinary.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 08:41:57 +0000
A 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit the area around Europe’s most active volcano Mount Etna overnight, injuring four people, among others.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 01:55:49 +0000
Indonesian authorities are asking people near an island volcano to avoid the coast while eruptions and weather and sea conditions are monitored for tsunami risks.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 04:36:30 +0000
Desperately needed aid flowed into a stretch of Indonesia’s tsunami-struck coastline Tuesday, but humanitarian workers warned that clean water and medicine supplies were dwindling as thousands crammed makeshift evacuation centers.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 07:36:27 +0000
An unpredictable chain of events and an inadequate early warning system combined to deadly effect with the tsunami that slammed into coastal areas of Indonesia killing nearly 300 people.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 01:45:38 +0000
Indonesia’s disaster management agency says the death toll from a tsunami apparently caused by undersea landslides from a volcanic eruption has risen to 43 with some 600 injured.
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Honolulu — Stunning images of Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano have captivated people around the world. But ironically it’s nearly impossible for residents and visitors on the ground to see the lava — a fact that’s squeezing the tourism-dependent local economy. Big Island businesses are calling for a lava viewing site, but authorities say they’re finding […]
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Lava from the Kilauea volcano that flowed into Kapoho Bay has created nearly a mile of new land and officials with the U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday the flow is still very active and there’s no way to know when the eruption will end or if more lava-spewing vents will open.
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