A giant plume of volcanic ash is disrupting flights in the Pacific and threatening villagers in Vanuatu, echoing similar problems which caused chaos in Europe, scientists and officials said Monday.
Earth Sciences
May 31, 2010
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Ash clouds emitted during the eruption of an Antarctic volcano may disrupt air traffic in the southern hemisphere, according to a study made by researchers from the Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera of the CSIC (ICTJA-CSIC) ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2017
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"Searching ride Madrid-Amsterdam or Belgium or Germany": people stranded due to a giant flight-halting cloud of volcanic ash this week were not too picky, and just glad that a new website was helping organise the long journey ...
Internet
Apr 23, 2010
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Authorities handed out around 2,000 masks for protection as people living near Hawaii's Kilauea volcano braced for pulverized rock, glass and crystal to rain down after an explosive eruption at the peak's summit.
Environment
May 18, 2018
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A remote Alaska volcano has settled down more than a week after it sent an ash cloud 37,000 feet into the sky.
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2016
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Only an "insignificant" amount of ash is erupting from Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano, one of the country's leading seismologists said Wednesday, as European skies finally began to clear, allowing air traffic to resume.
Earth Sciences
Apr 21, 2010
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The eruption of an island volcano in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty killed up to 16 people, injured dozens and prevented rescuers from retrieving the bodies of eight victims believed to be on the island.
Environment
Dec 12, 2019
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(AP)—Indonesia scientists say they are closely monitoring a smoking volcano on Java island, urging villagers and tourists to stay off the mountain's slope.
Earth Sciences
Mar 7, 2013
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People in Papua New Guinea are being warned that an eruption of a volcano in the South Pacific nation could also cause a local tsunami.
Environment
Jan 16, 2018
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Alaska Airlines canceled more than two dozen flights in its namesake state Thursday because of an ash cloud from a volcano in Russia that drifted into Alaska, the Seattle-based airline said.
Environment
Apr 13, 2023
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