World news about “Volcano eruption” published by euronews.
Chilean residents near Copahue volcano finally agree to leave Chile’s government has finally persuaded locals living close to the increasingly active Copahue volcano to leave. Their mandatory evacuation order of a 25… 30/05/2013
Thousands face evacuation from volcano zone Chilean and Argentinian authorities have declared a 25 kilometre evacuation zone around the active Copahue volcano. There has been some seismic activity… 28/05/2013
Volcano erupts in Philippines – nocomment The Mayon volcano, one of the most active in the Philippines, erupted on Tuesday, spewing huge rocks towards nearly 30 climbers, killing five and injuring… 08/05/2013
Four German hikers and guide dead after Philippines volcanic eruption A volcano has erupted in the Philippines, killing five people from a tour group climbing the mountain. Four of the victims are said to be German, the fifth is… 07/05/2013
Spectacular volcano eruption in IndonesiaVolcano Mount Karangetang spews lava, as seen from Bebali village in the Siau district of Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province April 4, 2013. Villagers living… 05/04/2013
Spectacular images of Plosky Tolbachik volcano eruption – nocomment A volcanic eruption in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has produced stunning images of lava flows oozing through a snowy wilderness. 05/03/2013
Mount Etna erupts – nocomment Mount Etna’s southeast crater has sent a new fountain of lava into the air. The dramatic scene was the first big eruption since last April. 20/02/2013
Spectacular volcano eruption in EcuadorEcuador’s Tungurahua volcano spews lava, ash and pyroclastic material into the air in Tungurahua. The Tungurahua volcano has been in an active state since… 21/08/2012
Volcanologists eye NZ’s Mount Tongariro – nocomment The steam-triggered eruption on Monday of Mount Tongariro on New Zealand’s North Island sent boulders flying, covered surrounding areas in ash, and disrupted… 09/08/2012
Speed flying on Mount Etna – nocomment Two Italian speed flyers have successfully completed their attempt to descent Europe’s biggest and most active volcano. Speed flying is a combination of… 18/05/2012
Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano spews ashThe Popocatepetl volcano spews a cloud of ash and steam high into the air, near the town of Santiago Xalizintla, on the outskirts of Puebla, Mexico… 03/05/2012
Mexico’s Popocatepetl erupts – nocomment Mexican authorities raised the alert level for the Popocatepetl volcano to five on a seven-level warning scale. The volcano has been erupting intermittently… 19/04/2012
Stunning images of eruption at Sicily’s Mount Etna – nocomment Sicily’s Mount Etna has erupted for the 5th time this year. 02/04/2012
Kilauea Volcano spews lava – nocomment Molten lava from the Kilauea Volcano destroyed the last home in Royal Gardens, a small community on the southeastern side of the Big Island of Hawaii. 05/03/2012
Fire and ice on Mount Etna – nocomment A snow-covered Mount Etna in Sicily started to erupt on Wednesday afternoon. While the view was magnificent, the eruption would not have been appreciated by… 10/02/2012
Etna still going strong in 2012Mount Etna spews volcanic ash during an eruption on the southern Italian island of Sicily January 5, 2012. Mount Etna is Europe’s tallest and most active… 06/01/2012
New ash cloud detector could spell less passenger chaos Work is underway on new technology which could be used to prevent the disruption caused by the Icelandic volcanic cloud eruption in 2010. A system using… 12/12/2011
Volcano eruption in Congo – nocomment Spectacular eruption of Nyamulagira volcano in Virunga National Park in Congo. 15/11/2011
Underwater volcano eruption – nocomment Spain’s Civil Protection for Volcanic Risk has closed two beaches on the island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands because of potentially toxic gasses… 10/11/2011
Iceland volcano on brink of major eruption Seismologists in Iceland are warning of another volcanic eruption, this time at Katla or Hekla, which could dwarf the volcanic ash cloud crisis of last year. 17/10/2011
Mount Etna Erupts – nocomment Mount Etna volcano on Sicily in southern Italy, started erupting, sending flames and sparks shooting 250 metres into the air and flows of lava down its slopes. 29/09/2011
Mount Etna wakes up again Mount Etna erupted for the twelfth time since 2011. (filmed in Catania/Sicily by Andrew Azzopardi) 30/08/2011
Mount Etna volcano erupts for twelfth time this year – nocomment Mount Etna erupted for the twelfth time in 2011. The Sicilian volcano spat out lava and produced a dense ash plume. 30/08/2011
Iceland: Eyjafjallajökull volcano explored – nocomment A group of geologists from the University of Iceland has been exploring the Eyjafjallajökull volcano. The main purpose was to study the effect the lava has… 17/08/2011
Italy: Mount Etna eruption – nocomment The Italian volcano Etna, in Sicily, erupted for the second time in the last week. 07/08/2011
New lava flow at Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano – nocomment Scientists say a new lava flow has broken out at Kilauea, a volcano in Hawaii that has been continuously erupting for nearly three decades. 05/08/2011
Italy’s Mount Etna erupts yet again – nocomment Mount Etna erupted for the eighth time this year. The progress of the eruption has been always the same: starting from a weak strombolian activity, turning… 01/08/2011
Italy: Mount Etna erupts – nocomment The Sicilian volcano Mount Etna began spewing lava and ash on Wednesday, causing a local airport to close, but no damage or injuries were reported. 15/07/2011
Mount Etna eruption – nocomment Mount Etna in Sicily (Italy) spat out lava and produced a dense ash plume that extended more than two kilometres into the air. Mount Etna is one of the most… 11/07/2011
Dramatic new video of giant Chilean ash plume – nocomment Seen from a Chilean Air Force plane, impressive new images of Chile’s volcano show the eruption in its full force. 24/06/2011
Chile’s volcano’s ash covers Argentine village – nocomment Smothered in ash from Chile’s volcano, Mapuche Indians in the village of Villa La Angostura carry on as best they can. Since the ash started falling on June… 22/06/2011
Argentine lake district coated in volcanic ash – nocomment A volcano eruption in Chile has blanketed the Argentine lake district in depressing grey, clogging waterways and transport routes with ash. Volcanic rocks… 21/06/2011
Chilean volcano ash lands in Argentina – nocomment People in the Argentine town of Villa La Angostura are not shovelling snow, but piles of ash billowing down from a volcano in neighbouring Chile. 07/06/2011
Lightning flashes around ash plume in ChileLightning flashes around the ash plume at above the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain near Entrelagos. REUTERS/Carlos Gutierrez 07/06/2011
Volcano eruption hits Chile and Argentina – nocomment Chilean authorities have evacuated more than 3,000 residents living near a volcano chain spewing ash and smoke in south-central Chile. Volcanic ash also fell… 06/06/2011
Iceland: Grimsvotn eruption abates – nocomment It seems that the eruption at Grimsvotn in the Vatnajökull glacier in south-east Iceland is now in its dying stages. The volcano is no longer spewing out ash… 25/05/2011
Crises in the sky Europe is once again struggling with a volcanic eruption and its effect on air traffic. In this edition of Fly, we see how important cooperation is between… 24/05/2011
Iceland volcano Grimsvotn eruptsA plane flies past a smoke plume from the eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano, under the Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland. REUTERS/STR New 24/05/2011
Iceland’s most active volcano erupts again – nocomment Air travel is being disrupted from the latest Icelandic volcano to erupt. Some flights to and from Britain have been cancelled as the ash cloud from Grimsvotn… 23/05/2011
Pompeii exhibition opens in New YorkThe biggest ever collection of preserved body casts and objects from Pompeii is now on display in New York. The volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient… 05/04/2011
Residents prepare for evacuation from erupting Guatemala volcanoGuatemala’s Fuego volcano has erupted spewing smoke and ash into the sky a kilometre above its crater. The volcano lies 25 kilometres southwest of the… 14/09/2012
Underground volcano in Italy could threaten the lives of millionsDrilling is underway at the site of a huge underground volcano near the Italian city of Naples, a few kilometres from Vesuvius. Scientists are looking for… 03/09/2012
People flee Ecuador volcanoIt has proved deadly in the past so Ecuador is taking no chances. The Tungurahua volcano, 135 kilometres southeast of the capital Quito, is continuing its… 22/08/2012
Mount Tongariro erupts for first time in a centuryA New Zealand volcano has roared back to life after lying dormant for more than a century. The eruption at Mount Tongariro, one of three peaks in central… 07/08/2012
Volcano erupts near Mexico CityA 5,500 metre volcano outside Mexico City has spewed burning rock down its slopes and plumes of ash into the sky. Residents of a nearby village were… 21/04/2012
Mount Etna eruption creates new mountain craterMount Etna has erupted for the sixth time this year. The latest activity, at the 3,300 metre mountain on the Italian island of Sicily, sent lava and plumes… 14/04/2012
Strombolian explosion – Etna erupts againEurope’s tallest and most active volcano, Mount Etna, has erupted for the fifth time this year. Hot lava and ash spewed from the southeast crater in the… 01/04/2012
Canaries volcano once again threatens residentsA village on one of Spain’s Canary Islands has been evacuated because of the threat of an eruption of an underwater volcano. The increasingly strong… 06/11/2011
Chile’s Hudson volcano forces residents to fleeHuge columns of steam and ash poured into the sky as Chile’s Hudson Volcano erupted at three different craters. Officials in the country issued a red alert… 29/10/2011
Mount Etna erupts againSicily’s Mount Etna has erupted for the 17th time this year. Bright orange lava is being blown as high as one hundred metres into the air. The nearby… 24/10/2011
More undersea eruptions off CanariesTwo more undersea volcanic eruptions have been identified off the coast of one of the Canary Islands making three in all. Authorities have kept the island… 14/10/2011
More evacuations due to Canaries volcanoHundreds of people have now been evacuated from a village in Spain’s Canary Islands because of an underwater volcanic eruption. Most at risk from the… 12/10/2011
Underwater volcano erupts off Canary IslandsAn underwater volcano has erupted some five kilometres off El Hierro, the smallest of the Canary Islands. A 4.3 seismic movement on Saturday caused a… 11/10/2011
Fears of volcanic eruption in Canary IslandsResidents living near a volcano on Spain’s Canary Islands have been moved from their homes because of fears it is about to erupt. The Pico de Malpaso on El… 29/09/2011
Sulawesi islanders flee volcano eruptionMount Lokon erupted on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Thursday, spewing lava and hot volancic ash as high as 1,500 metres into the air. Authorities… 15/07/2011
Chilean ash cloud carries chaos to AustraliaOnce again volcanic ash has grounded planes in Australia, causing cancellations to domestic and international flights. National carrier Qantas has stopped all… 21/06/2011
Chilean eruption shows no sign of abatingA towering nine-kilometre cloud of ash and rocks continue to emanate from the Puyehue volcano in Chile. Mount Puyehue shook itself awake on June 4 for the… 15/06/2011
Ash fills the air near Puyehue volcanoThe massive volcanic ash cloud which is grounding flights from Argentina to Australia is proving a nuisance to locals in Chile. Those living near the… 15/06/2011
Chilean ash cloud problems continueThe ash cloud from a Chilean volcano has continued to wreak havoc on the country, closing roads and schools and turning an Andean lake grey. Airline schedules… 14/06/2011
Ash from Chilean volcano continues to disrupt flightsAn ash cloud from a Chilean volcano continues to cause travel disruptions in South America, but also as far away as Australia and New Zealand. In parts of… 13/06/2011
Ash cloud affects flights Down UnderAn ash cloud is once again causing problems with flights, this time in southern Australia and New Zealand. A cloud of particles from an erupting volcano in… 12/06/2011
More Buenos Aires flights cancelled over ash cloudFlights from Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires have been cancelled again because of an ash cloud from the Cordon Caulle volcano in neighbouring Chile. It… 09/06/2011
Puyehue ash cloud: Buones Aires flights resumeAirports in Buenos Aires have resumed normal operations after being closed by ash from the erupting Puyehue volcano in southern Chile. The ash has swept… 08/06/2011
Airports re-open as volcano eruption easesGeologists in Iceland say the volcano eruption that has been disrupting European air traffic is almost over – banishing any remaining fears of prolonged… 25/05/2011
Volcanic ash cloud closes German airportsAirports in northern Germany closed on Wednesday due to the volcanic ash cloud emanating from Iceland. Flights were cancelled at Hamburg, Bremen and… 25/05/2011
Ash cloud shrinking, end of eruption in sightThe ash cloud rising from Iceland’s Grimsvotn volcano is reducing say experts and the eruption could peter out by the weekend. Icelandic authorities say it… 25/05/2011
Airlines dissent over volcano riskGermany says it will not allow planes to fly through certain ash concentrations except in specific conditions. The eruption of Iceland’s Grimsvotn volcano… 24/05/2011
Iceland volcano grounds European planesAirlines grounded by the Icelandic volcano ash alarm are already counting the potentially colossal cost. The European air traffic agency Eurocontrol said that… 24/05/2011
Flights are cancelled as ash cloud reaches UKAir travel is once again being disrupted from the latest Icelandic volcano to erupt. Some flights to and from Britain have been cancelled as the ash cloud… 24/05/2011
Volcano causes airline share turbulenceAirline shares took a beating on Monday at the possible threat to flights from the eruption of Iceland’s most active volcano, despite optimism in the… 23/05/2011
UK warns of disruption from Icelandic ash cloudThe plume of ash from the eruption of Iceland’s most active volcano is expected to hit parts of northern and western Europe imminently. The area around the… 23/05/2011
Airlines warned Icelandic volcano ash cloud could spreadEurope has been put on alert for some travel disruption following an eruption by Iceland’s most active volcano. Experts, however, say there is little chance… 23/05/2011
No risk to European flights from Icelandic eruptionExperts say the eruption of Iceland’s most active volcano this weekend is unlikely to create the international traffic chaos seen a year ago. The Grimsvotn… 22/05/2011
Volcano clouds Icelandic skies againIceland’s most active volcano has erupted again shutting the county’s airspace. Grimsvertn in southeast Iceland has hurled white smoke some 20 kilometres… 22/05/2011
Icelandic volcano erupts againIceland’s most active volcano has erupted again on Saturday but officials downplayed the chance of a repeat of last year’s travel chaos. Grimsvotn in… 22/05/2011
Etna eruption shuts Sicily airportsItaly’s Mount Etna has erupted briefly closing two of Sicily’s airports. Despite the volcano spewing out plumes of ash and lava early on Thursday, civil… 13/01/2011
Merapi continues to threaten IndonesiaAuthorities in Indonesia refuse to downgrade the threat from Mount Merapi as the volcano continues to roar and rumble. Situated on the densely populated… 10/11/2010
Scores die in biggest Merapi eruption so farThe biggest eruption so far of Mount Merapi in Indonesia has devastated scores of villages and hectares of countryside in central Java. The temperature was… 05/11/2010
Fresh eruptions add to Indonesian death tollAt least 109 people are now thought to have died in the latest Merapi volcano eruption in Indonesia. Another 65 bodies were found overnight as rescuers… 05/11/2010
Scores killed in fresh Merapi eruptionSome 50 people have been killed following a fresh eruption of Indonesian’s Mount Merapi volcano. Dozens were also injured in the massive blast estimated to… 05/11/2010
Shelters moved as Java volcano erupts againThe biggest eruption by Indonesia’s Mount Merapi since the volcano began rumbling last week has forced the authorities to move emergency shelters further… 04/11/2010
Fresh volcanic eruption spreads panic in IndonesiaMount Merapi, Indonesia’s most active volcano, has erupted for a third time causing panic as hundreds of people fled the area. Authorities have raised the… 30/10/2010
Indonesia: Tsunami/volcano rescue continuesRescuers are still trying to account for hundreds of people in Indonesia after the country was hit by multiple natural disasters. One hundred and fifty… 27/10/2010
Thousands flee erupting Indonesian volcanoAs if an earthquake and tsunami were not enough, Indonesia has been handed the triple whammy of a third natural disaster in the space of 24 hours. Its most… 27/10/2010
Indonesian volcano erupts, 12 deadIndonesia’s most volatile volcano is erupting, spewing hot ash into the air. Mount Merapi has sent thousands of residents running for their lives. Reports… 26/10/2010
Indonesia’s Mount Merapi eruptsIndonesia’s Mount Merapi started to erupt on Tuesday, spewing hot ash and rocks into the air. The government raised the state of alert to its highest… 26/10/2010
New theories about PompeiiThe site of Pompeii, near Naples in Italy has fascinated people for years. And now, research suggests that the inhabitants didn’t die of suffocation when… 06/09/2010
Volcano erupts for first time in 400 yearsThe last time Mount Sinabung erupted, Shakespeare was writing his plays. Now the volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has done so twice in 24… 30/08/2010
Volcano erupts for first time since 1600Last time the Mount Sinabung volcano erupted, Queen Elizabeth the First still had three years left on the throne of England. Now, after rumbling for… 29/08/2010
Volcano erupts on SumatraOn the island of Sumatra in Indonesia the Sinabung volcano has erupted. 12,000 people living in the area have been evacuated in what a spokesperson from the… 29/08/2010
Agatha pounds Central AmericaTropical Storm Agatha has claimed more than 70 lives in Central America and forecasters predict the heavy rains will continue for several more days. Swollen… 30/05/2010
Icelandic volcano has “stopped erupting”The Icelandic volcano that caused havoc for air travellers across Europe for more than a month has stopped erupting, according to a leading geophysicist… 24/05/2010
Scientists pit their wits against the volcanoGlobal disruption caused by Iceland’s continually erupting volcano is beginning to wear a bit thin. Hence some weird and wonderful ways of stopping Mother… 20/05/2010
Ash cloud flight restrictions easedThere is some good news for travellers stranded by the latest volcanic ash cloud in Europe: air traffic restrictions have been eased in Britain, Ireland and… 17/05/2010
British skies start to reopenBritish skies have started to reopen as a plume of volanic ash once again wreaks havoc for European air passengers. The UK’s two busiest airports, London… 17/05/2010
UK airspace closed again by ash cloudThe no-fly zone over parts of the northwestern UK and Ireland has been extended to midnight on Sunday local time due to the high density of volcanic ash… 16/05/2010
Ash cloud affects England and N.IrelandThe UK and Ireland are facing new disruption due to the return of Icelandic volcanic ash. No-fly zones have been imposed over northern England and flights… 16/05/2010
Travel firms hit by volcano disruptionThe volcanic ash cloud travel disruption bill continues to mount. Europe’s biggest holiday firm TUI Travel said it had to cancel over 170,000 trips and… 11/05/2010
Volcanic ash strikes again…causing yet more havoc for air travel across parts of EuropeFlights were grounded in southern and central Spain, Morocco, Portugal and the Canary Islands as the ash cloud from Iceland swept across the Iberian… 11/05/2010
European skies clear of ashThings are heading back to normal in European skies after the chaos caused again this weekend by the ash from the erupting Icelandic volcano. Some 200 flights… 10/05/2010
