Pavlof Volcano, after weeks of spewing ash and lava, erupted with a new intensity Tuesday launching cinders 5 miles into the sky.
The ash has covered the town of King Cove, 30 miles south of the volcano. The ash plume has not risen beyond 28,000 feet so it doesn’t impact jetliner traffic but has forced lower-flying aircraft to divert to other flight paths. Continue reading
Over 3,000 residents on both sides of the Chile/Argentina border have been evacuated from the area of the Copahue volcano after gas emissions are leading experts to believe a full eruption is imminent. Continue reading
Turrialba, one of the largest volcanoes in Costa Rica, is erupting into clouds of ash and toxic gas. An small evacuation is being carried out as a result of the eruption.
A green alert, the lowest of three levels, was issued by park rangers. Continue reading
Alaska is looking at its second volcanic eruption in a month.
The Alaska Volcano Observatory is reporting that tremors were detected Monday on Pavlof Volcano. The volcano is 37 miles from the community of Cold Bay, 620 miles southwest of Anchorage. Continue reading
The Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City shook with increasingly powerful explosions that have forced the Mexican government to evacuate some residents and launch emergency measures. Continue reading
A group of hikers climbing Mount Mayon in the Philippines Mayon Volcano National Park engulfed in an ash cloud when the volcano unexpectedly erupted on Tuesday.
Five people have been confirmed dead and at least seven were injured, several in critical condition at a local hospital. Continue reading
Three large explosions announced the beginning of a continual eruption phase for Alaska’s Cleveland Volcano.
The volcano, while remote and unlikely to cause problems to residents, is located below a major air route between Alaska and Asia. The volcano is releasing a steady plume of ash and toxic gases at least 15,000 feet into the air. Continue reading
A report at the Seismological Society of America’s annual meeting shows that the volcano under Yellowstone National Park is bigger and much better connected than previous scientific reports.
“The magma reservoir is at least 50 percent larger than previously imagined,” Jamie Farrell of the University of Utah stated. Continue reading
Nicaraguan authorities are using army forces to evacuate people from the base of the San Cristobal volcano after it began to erupt Tuesday night.
The authorities declared an “amber alert” for a 2 square mile area around the volcano warning of the risk of major eruption. Airlines were also told to avoid flying over the western part of the country due to ash plumes. Continue reading
A volcano on the border between Chile and Argentina is on the verge of a major eruption according to Chile’s Geological and Mining Service. They have issued a red alert, the highest level warning in their volcano warning system.
The volcano is in a remote location of the country and there is very little residential population surrounding it. Most of the residents who could be impacted by a full eruption live in Argentina. Continue reading