More than 1,500 families have been evacuated from areas near the Mayon Volcano in the northeastern Philippines as the country’s most active colossus exhibits a high level of magmatic unrest, prompting authorities to raise alert protocols and order residents to flee following a series of local earthquakes, rockfalls, and pyroclastic density currents. The Philippine Institute […]

The volcanic alert for Purace, in Colombia’s Cauca department, was raised to Orange Level (II) on Saturday, signaling a greater state of readiness for a potential eruption. According to the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD, in Spanish), the move was prompted by a notable rise in activity at the volcano. RELATED: Indonesian Authorities […]

As Mount Semeru roars back to life, blanketing villages in ash and rock, nearly a thousand residents and climbers are facing a frantic escape. Indonesian authorities have evacuated nearly 1,000 people, including over a hundred climbers, following the eruption of Mount Semeru on Java last Wednesday. RELATED: Japan’s Sakurajima Volcano Eruption Triggers Ash Alerts in […]

Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupted in the early hours of Sunday, blasting a towering plume of ash more than four kilometers into the sky, according to the country’s Meteorological Agency. Authorities reported no injuries or damage but issued an ash advisory for parts of Kagoshima Prefecture, which sits at the foot of the volcano. RELATED: China […]

Lava from Klyuchevskoy volcano is currently descending toward the Bogdanovich Glacier, causing accelerated ice melt. On Wednesday, Russian authorities confirmed that a dam has been destroyed near the Klyuchevskoy Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East, raising concerns over potential mudflows and transportation disruptions in the region. RELATED: Klyuchevskoy Volcano Sends Ash Plume […]

At its most intense phase, the eruption sent a column of smoke 9.5 kilometers high. On Thursday, flights were temporarily suspended at Catania Airport, on the Italian island of Sicily, after its runways were covered with ash from an eruption of Mount Etna. At its most intense phase, the eruption sent a column of smoke […]

The Ecuadorian volcano Sangay has emanated since Friday gas and ash columns between 1,000 and 1,800 meters above the crater level, reported this Saturday the Geophysical Institute (IG) of the National Polytechnic School (ENP). RELATED: NASA Mission Identifies Volcano Eruptions on Venus According to the Geophysical Institute, which is the entity that performs the monitoring […]

What really happened, why didn’t the authorities in charge of monitoring the volcano issue an early warning about the danger? Why did it take so long for rescue teams to arrive to get the survivors out? RELATED: Andean Mountain Range, Backbone of Planet Earth Survivors say that night they went to sleep as usual. Outside […]

On Sunday, several reports of increased seismic activity put Grenadian authorities on alert as they monitor the underwater volcano Kick ’em Jenny, located eight kilometers off the north coast. RELATED: Infectious Disease Outbreak Confirmed in Grenada The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center (UWI SRC) informed the National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA) about […]