The Klyuchevskoy volcano, located in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, erupted on Thursday morning, sending a towering ash column up to 6.5 kilometers above sea level
The Klyuchevskoy volcano, erupting in Kamchatka, ejected a column of ash to a height of up to 6.5 km above sea level on Thursday morning, the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (IVS) of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences reports.
"Video footage provided by KVERT shows the ash plume extending 5 km southwest of the volcano," the statement said.
KVERT has assigned an orange colour code for aviation hazards to this volcano. International air traffic routes do not pass through the Klyuchevskoy area.
An earthquake measuring 6.2 in magnitude shook the region southwest of Africa at 05:36 GMT on Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 53.31 degrees south latitude and 9.16 degrees east longitude, News.Az reports, citing Xinhua.
So far, no reports of casualties have been released.
One missing as glacier collapse buries Swiss village
The Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down into the valley.
Although the village had been evacuated some days ago because of fears the Birch glacier was disintegrating, one person has been reported missing, and many homes have been completely flattened.
Blatten's mayor, Matthias Bellwald, said "the unimaginable has happened" but promised the village still had a future.
Local authorities have requested support from the Swiss army's disaster relief unit and members of the Swiss government are on their way to the scene.
The disaster that has befallen Blatten is the worst nightmare for communities across the Alps.
A woman has been left critically injured after being set upon by a bear in a forested area, with residents warned to stay away as the animal fled.
The attack happened Tuesday at the edge of the forest in Skofljica, some 10 kilometres (6 miles) southeast of Slovenia's capital city, Ljubljana, police said. The bear is said to have launched a horror attack on the woman before retreating into the forest, with authorities urging Skofljica residents to keep away from the area and be cautious. It came just days after authorities approved the culling of 206 brown bears, whose population in the area has grown to around 1,000.
The small Alpine nation of just over 2 million people is home to several vast forests with many protected nature zones. Despite strong opposition from animal rights groups, authorities occasionally approve bear or wolf culls. Two bear attacks on people were recorded in 2022, according to Slovenia's official STA news agency.
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This week, a powerful storm hit the small town of Afton, Texas, and left something shocking behind.
As you can see in the video at the bottom of this article, a giant piece of hail as big as a grapefruit was found by one "lucky" individual. That thing is insanely big!
The hail that fell during the storm was measured to be between 5.5 and 6 inches wide. That's larger than a soda can and much heavier.
Julio "Gaby" Acevedo and Marc Santia abc7ny.com Tue, 27 May 2025 11:55 UTC
Authorities are investigating a deadly dog mauling of a 1-month-old girl in Queens, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the case.
Investigators were at the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City on Tuesday, bringing out bags of evidence from a 6th-floor apartment unit which became the setting of a disturbing scene.
A police source told NBC New York that the mother of the child called 911, claiming the baby girl was sleeping in bed between her and her boyfriend. When the couple woke up, they allegedly saw their German shepherd-pit bull mix puppy attacking the infant.
The dog had jumped on the bed and was biting the girl's face, according to the law enforcement source.
Over 100 sheep and goats belonging to nomadic families were killed after they were struck by lightning in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday.
The incident occured in the upper reaches of the Budhal sub-division, when lightning, accompanied by heavy thunder and hail storm, hit a shepherd's camp during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, officials said.
The nomadic families from the Targain village of Budhal had moved to the upper reaches along with their livestock as part of the seasonal migration in search of greener pastures and established their camp near Marg top as per their traditional practice.
A team of officials from the Budhal Sheep and Husbandry Department visited the site this morning and prepared a detailed report on the losses incurred by the affected families, who have made an urgent appeal for compensation and rehabilitation support.
Newly inaugurated underground metro station in Worli flooded as Mumbai sees incessant rain.
The Worli underground metro station in Mumbai was flooded as Monsoon arrived early in the financial capital. Mumbai has been witnessing heavy rainfall, which started last night and continued till morning, resulting in waterlogging in parts of the city and traffic congestion.
The visuals from the ground show the Worli underground metro station inundated following incessant rain in Mumbai. The water reached not just the gates of the station but also the platforms, waiting to enter the metro.
Several videos show the platform completely flooded with muddy water. The passengers were seen wading through the water with folded pants and slippers.
People on their way at a road during heavy rain in day hours in Rawalpindi on May 24, 2025.
At least 19 people were killed and over 90 others injured as powerful windstorms and heavy rains battered several parts of the country on Saturday, paralysing road and air traffic, damaging infrastructure and triggering widespread power outages.
Heavy rainfall accompanied by gusty winds and hail also struck Islamabad, leading to water accumulation in several low-lying areas and trees falling at multiple spots.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, strong winds and hailstorms caused extensive damage to crops and power lines but no fatalities were reported. Over 113 power feeders tripped across the province, with areas like Peshawar, Mardan, Khyber, Swabi, Swat and Abbottabad worst affected.
Meanwhile, a private airline from Karachi to Lahore narrowly avoided a disaster when it was caught in severe turbulence while landing at Allama Iqbal International Airport.
Hawaiʻi's Kīlauea volcano erupted again on Sunday, May 25, sending lava fountains soaring over 1,000 feet into the sky. This marks the 23rd episode of the ongoing eruption that began in December 2024.
The eruption was confined within Halemaʻumaʻu crater at Kīlauea's summit, with lava flows covering portions of the crater floor.
Kīlauea's current eruptive phase has been characterized by episodic activity, with eruptions lasting from several hours to a few days, interspersed with periods of relative calm. The previous episode began on May 16 and lasted approximately 10 hours.
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