Erupting Kilauea volcano sends huge plume of ash high above island of Hawaii
Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii 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 ...
Warnings issued for more lava and possible explosion of erupting Kilauea summit
Residents near Hawaii's Kilauea volcano faced warnings on Monday that more lava-spewing fissures could open near their homes and that the volcano's summit may be getting ready for an explosion that could scatter ash and debris for miles. Since Kilauea began erupting on May 3, ...
Mount Shinmoe erupted again Monday, prompting ash and falling-rock warnings in nearby areas. The 1,421-meter volcano straddling Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures in Kyushu erupted at around 2:45 p.m., sending smoke 3,300 meters into the atmosphere, the Meteorological Agency said. The volcano last erupted on April ...
Hawaii authorities scrambled to move tens of thousands of gallons of highly flammable chemicals from the path of lava on Thursday, and the state's governor warned mass evacuations might be needed as the Kilauea volcano's eruption became more violent. After a new fissure opened on ...
Kilauea volcano forces all in eruption zone to decide whether to flee or stay
Edwin Montoya's family carved their farm on the slopes of the Kilauea volcano out of "raw jungle," transforming it into a fertile collection of gardens, animal pens and fruit trees. Now the property is imperiled by the very land it stands upon. A couple of ...
Mount Io in Kyushu erupts for second time in a week, after stirring from 250-year dormancy
Mount Io erupted again Thursday, a week after the volcano spewed a plume of ash over Kyushu for the first time in 250 years. The scale of the eruption was very small, the Meteorological Agency said. The agency said on April 20 that eruptions had stopped ...
Rock risk zone expands as Mount Shinmoe eruptions intensify in Kyushu
Mount Shinmoe continued to erupt on Saturday, prompting the Meteorological Agency to expand the area deemed at risk of flying rocks. Two explosive eruptions were observed at around 1:55 a.m. and 4:25 a.m. on the 1,421-meter volcano, which straddles Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures in Kyushu, ...
As Philippine volcano spews lava fountains, 40,000 people flee
The Philippines' most active volcano continued to spew fountains of red-hot lava and massive ash plumes Tuesday in a dazzling but increasingly dangerous eruption that has sent 40,000 villagers to shelter in evacuation centers. Lava fountains gushed up 700 meters (2,300 feet) above Mount Mayon's ...
More than 9,000 people have evacuated the area around the Philippines' most active volcano as lava flowed down its crater Monday in a gentle eruption that scientists warned could turn explosive. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology increased the alert level for Mount Mayon ...
Mount Ontake's volcanic alert warning set to lowest level since deadly 2014 eruption
The weather agency has slashed the volcanic alert level for central Japan's Mount Ontake to the lowest notch for the first time in about three years following a September 2014 eruption that left 58 people dead and five missing. The level 1 alert, designated by ...
Relatives of volcanic eruption victims in Japan sue weather agency over alert
Kin of some victims of a 2014 volcanic eruption file suit against the weather agency for failing to issue a proper alert for hikers.
After quakes, Kumamoto tourism industry takes another hit with eruption of Mount Aso
Still reeling from a series of earthquakes beginning in April, Kumamoto Prefecture is once again experiencing nature's fury, this time in the form of Mount Aso's eruption Saturday. Besides being on high alert for another volcanic eruption, Kumamoto residents are growing increasingly concerned about the ...
