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Mount Etna volcano eruption sends ash clouds over Sicily, causes flight disruptions

Suman Varandani
International Business Times
Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:57 UTC
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Possible disruptions at Catania Airport in southern Italy were reported early Wednesday after Mount Etna erupted sending ash clouds over the island of Sicily. The crisis unit of the Sac, the company that manages the international airport of Fontanarossa, ordered some restriction on landings, local media reported.

While take-offs have not been affected so far, the airport warned of possible delays to travel following the explosion of Europe's most active volcano.

In January, the airport was closed after Etna began erupting. In December the volcano exploded on Christmas Eve sending a series of earthquakes. Mount Etna, a stratovolcano located on the east coast of the island of Sicily, has been erupting since as far back as 1500 B.C. The volcano stands as the tallest in Europe at 10,922 feet high and is located about 31 miles near Catania-Fontanarossa Airport.

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Explosions, two-kilometer ash plumes at Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico


Mexico News Daily
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:42 UTC
There has been greater activity at El Popo since Sunday morning.
There has been greater activity at El Popo since Sunday morning.
The restless Popocatépetl volcano had a very active 24 hours starting yesterday morning, with several explosions and ash plumes that rose as high as two kilometers above the mountain.

The National Disaster Prevention Center (Cenapred) said this morning it had identified 20 gas and water vapor exhalations at El Popo, with the first three recorded yesterday at 9:56am. The most recent was recorded this morning at 7:04.

Wind sent the ash in a north-northeast direction away from the crater.

There were also two recorded episodes of harmonic tremors — a sustained release of seismic and infrasonic energy typically associated with the underground movement of magma — lasting five and 10 hours respectively.

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Mount Bromo volcano in West Java erupts, visitors banned from within 1-kilometer radius

Aman Rochman
The Jakarta Post
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:30 UTC
The crater of Mount Bromo has a diameter of
© JP/Nedi PutraThe crater of Mount Bromo has a diameter of around 800 meters.
Mount Bromo in East Java erupted on Monday Morning, emitting a 600-meter-high ash column into the air, the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) reported.

The PVMBG said the eruption occurred at around 6 a.m., causing tremors with an amplitude of 0.5 to 1 millimeters.

The ash moved in a northwesterly direction from the 2,929-kilometer-high mountain.

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Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano lights up the night sky


SBS News
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:43 UTC
Popocatepetl volcano
Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano unleashed a powerful explosion.

The first of a long series of explosions started about 9pm local time and went on for more than three hours.

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Mud volcano erupted in Shamakhi, Azerbaijan

Laman Ismayilova
Azernews
Wed, 13 Feb 2019 11:45 UTC
Gushchu mud volcano
Gushchu mud volcano
Gushchu mud volcano erupted in Shamakhi region.

The eruption occurred 150 meters from the village.

The process was registered today at 06:00 am. The mud lava reached about 4-5 meters.

The eruption caused numerous deformations and cracks in two houses.

The mud lava spread over an area of ​​two hectares.

Head of department, doctor of geological-mineralogical sciences, professor Adil Aliyev told Trend that the mud volcano erupted occurred after the earthquakes in Shamahi and Agsu on February 5. No one was injured during the eruption.
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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Climate and atmosphere shifts mid-Winter 2019


Adapt 2030
Wed, 13 Feb 2019 19:43 UTC
DEEP snow in Ebensee am Feuerkogel, Austria today, January 16
© Gessl PatrickDeep snow in Ebensee am Feuerkogel, Austria, January 16
These are events that happened across our planet in the middle of Northern Hemisphere Winter 2019. Changes are amplifying and will continue to do so through 2035.


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Dukono volcano sends volcanic ash cloud 6000ft into sky in Indonesia

Liam Doyle
The Express (UK)
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:27 UTC
Dukono volcano
Dukono volcano
The Dukono volcano in Indonesia has erupted over the past few days, ejecting columns of ash high into the air, just months after violent activity from Mount Agung shook the nation.

Indonesia's Mount Dukono - based on Halmahera island to the east of the country - has been ejecting ash over the last day, with a continuous fog exploding from the main crater, according to Indonesia's volcanic survey. Indonesia's 127 active volcanoes all pose significant risks to some five million people living nearby. Mount Agung alone killed more than 1,000 people in March last year. While Mount Dukono is not quite as dangerous yet, it is one of the country's most active volcanoes.


Comment: Details of other volcanoes currently undergoing activity in the region: Mountains rumbling: Five most active volcanoes in the Indonesian archipelago

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Mountains rumbling: Five most active volcanoes in the Indonesian archipelago

Kharishar Kahfi
The Jakarta Post
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 19:10 UTC
Lava streams down from Anak Krakatau
© AFP/Ferdi AwedLava streams down from Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatoa) volcano during an eruption as seen from Rakata island in South Lampung on July 19, 2018.
The eruption of little-known volcano Mount Karangetang in Siau Island, North Sulawesi, has added to the list of active volcanoes that have recently awakened in the archipelago, home to more than 230 million people.

Indonesia has more than 120 volcanoes, 20 of which have been considered to be the most active, according to the latest data from the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG).

The most active volcanoes are placed into three alert levels by local authorities: level II of Waspada (Caution), level III of Siaga (Alert) and level IV of Awas (Danger) - the highest on the alert level.

Here are five of the most active volcanoes that have rumbled recently:

Mount Karangetang

Mount Karangetang in Siau Island, North Sulawesi, located roughly 146 kilometers from the provincial capital of Manado, has been erupting since November last year. Its activity has only increased since then, prompting the PVMBG to declare an Alert status in December.

As of Sunday, local observation posts said that volcanic activity had been fluctuating, with a number of volcanic earthquakes occurring in the last several days. Officials also observed a flow of lava from one of the craters.
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Poás Volcano in Costa Rica registers overnight eruption, National Park closed

Alejandro Zúñiga
The Tico Times
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:58 UTC
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Poás Volcano erupted early Monday morning, prompting the closure of its national park.

According to the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), the eruption began at 1:50 a.m. Monday and sent a column of ash 200 meters above the crater.

OVSICORI shared a time-lapse video of the volcanic activity:

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Erupting Mount Merapi volcano in Indonesia spews ash, lava


Pakistan Today
Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:23 UTC
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Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has spewed a plume of grey ash into the sky as fiery red molten lava streamed down from its crater.

Authorities did not raise the rumbling volcano's alert status after the eruption on Thursday evening.

But any activity at Merapi raises concern and local residents have previously been ordered to stay outside a five-kilometre (three-mile) no-go zone around the crater near Indonesia's cultural capital Yogyakarta.

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