A Russian volcano dormant since 1975 has erupting and scientists are reporting that record amounts of lava are rushing from the mountain.
Over 1,200 metric tons of lava are rushing down the hillsides and ash clouds are rising nearly two miles into the sky. Lava has caused a forest fire and has destroyed two research bases on the mountain. Continue reading
Explosions rocked the Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador forcing government officials to make hurried evacuations of the villages on the slopes and hills surrounding the mountain. Continue reading
In an explosion heard three miles away, Indonesia’s Mount Lokon erupted on Sunday shooting a plume of deadly ash miles into the sky. Muddy rains have been falling in the surrounding areas since the eruption.
Scientists have been unable to detect the official height of the eruption because clouds are obscuring the mountain peak. Continue reading
Over 33,000 people have been ordered to evacuate as Guatemala’s Fuego volcano experienced a violent eruption Thursday night.
Volcanologists have reported that burning rocks are flying as high as half a mile above the volcano’s crater and that lava is rushing down the mountain’s slopes. The eruption is being called the biggest since 1999. Continue reading
The San Cristobal volcano began spewing ash and gas forcing the Nicaraguan government to evacuate around 3,000 residents from around the mountain.
Government officials say that up to 20,000 people could be displaced by the volcano. The volcano began to erupt on Saturday morning following the sound of violent explosions on the mountain. A 2.5 mile column of smoke and ash is being seen coming from the top of the mountain. Continue reading
A floating island of volcanic rock larger than the state of Maryland is floating a thousand miles off the eastern coast of New Zealand. New Zealand Air Force planes first spotted the mass, which looks like a giant ice shelf under spotlights, earlier this week.
The golf ball sized pumice causes little threat to ships and shipping according to government volcanologists. They attribute the rocks to an eruption of an undersea volcano. Naval officials have called it the “weirdest thing” they’ve seen in their career. Continue reading
New Zealand’s Mount Tongariro erupted late Sunday night sending rocks and ash into the sky. Witnesses reported seeing “flame like explosions” and at least one witness reported seeing a new hole in the side of the mountain.
Mount Tongariro is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire. The volcano is made up of 12 separate cones. The current eruption happened at the Te Mari craters which had been dormant since 1897.
Residents of the area were ordered to stay inside and keep their doors and windows closed until given an all clear by government officials. Continue reading
Columbia’s Nevado del Ruiz volcano is “days or weeks” from erupting according to the Volcanic Observatory in Manizales, Columbia.
Smoke and ash is rising out of the volcano just days after an “orange alert” was issued leading to at least 150 families being evacuated from along rivers that flow down the mountain. Continue reading