Chileans rehearse evacuation as southern volcano rumbles and spits fire
Chilean authorities in the country's south have begun rehearsing evacuation plans amid concern an active volcano could potentially erupt within "days or weeks." Volcano Villarrica, near the popular tourist resort of Pucon around 750 km (460 miles) south of the capital Santiago, was upgraded to ...
Mount Asama, a volcano in central Japan, erupted Sunday, prompting the Meteorological Agency to warn of possible airborne rock debris and pyroclastic flows within about a 2-kilometer radius of the crater. The eruption, which followed one on Aug. 7, occurred at 7:28 p.m., with smoke ...
Surprise eruption of Mount Asama sends authorities scrambling to get word to visitors and residents
The unexpected eruption of a volcano in a popular upland tourist district sent authorities scrambling to get word to tourists and residents on Thursday. Mount Asama spewed smoke and ash for about 20 minutes the previous evening. It last erupted in 2015, and was on ...
For the first time in recorded history, a pond of water has been discovered inside the summit crater of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, a development that could signal a shift to a more explosive phase of future eruptions. After a week of questions about a mysterious ...
'Mushroom cloud' as volcano erupts on Italian island of Stromboli, starts fires
A volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupted on Wednesday, throwing ash high into the sky and enveloping the popular tourist destination in smoke, the National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) said. Rescue services said the eruption had started fires on the western ...
An erupting volcano in Papua New Guinea that has blanketed a town in ash has forced around 5,000 people from their homes, officials said Thursday. Mount Ulawun — one of the world's most hazardous volcanoes — began spewing lava and smoke high into the air ...
NRA safety license for Sendai reactors legal, Fukuoka court finds, dismissing volcano risk lawsuit
The district court says it found nothing illegal with a safety clearance granted to two reactors in Kyushu that were restarted after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.
The city of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, commemorated Monday the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mount Unzen's Fugen Peak, 28 years after the disaster. Fugen Peak began erupting on Nov. 17, 1990, for the first time in around 200 years. The eruption caused ...
Tourist associations and lodgings in Hakone strive to minimize volcanic alert's impact on business
Tourist associations and lodgings in Hakone are striving to minimize damage to the popularity of the spa resort town in Kanagawa Prefecture after the Meteorological Agency raised the volcanic alert for Mount Hakone a week ago. The alert level was raised May 19 by one ...
Volcanic alert level raised for popular Mount Hakone resort area in Kanagawa
Warning of a possible eruption, authorities raise the volcanic alert level for Mount Hakone after increased seismic activity is detected near the popular hot-spring resort area southwest of Tokyo.
Small volcanic eruption observed on Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture
After a small eruption was observed Tuesday evening on Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture the weather agency said Wednesday morning no new eruptions had been confirmed, although the volcanic plume could still seen. While there were no immediate reports of injuries from the Tuesday eruption, ...
A major volcanic eruption of Mount Fuji, similar to the one that occurred in 1707, could leave a layer of ash up to 1.5 cm deep in central Tokyo over 15 days, according to a recent estimate.
