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Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano erupts, spews huge clouds of ash

A volcano on Indonesia’s densely populated island of Java has erupted, spewing a huge column of ash into the air and prompting nearly 2,000 people to evacuate from villages in the area. Following the eruption of the Semeru volcano, Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on Sunday 1,979 people had been moved to 11 shelters and authorities had distributed masks to residents. There were no immediate reports of any casualties […]

5 December 2022

International News

New Zealand charges 13 parties over White Island deaths, injuries

A New Zealand watchdog has filed charges against 13 parties over the death of 22 people during a volcanic eruption on White Island last year. In a statement on Monday, WorkSafe said its year-long inquiry found that 10 organisations and three individuals had failed to meet their health and safety obligations by taking tourists to the active volcano, also known as Whakaari in Maori. The watchdog, which regulates workplace related […]

30 November 2020

International News

Thousands evacuated as restive Philippine volcano rumbles

A volcano near the Philippine capital of Manila has spewed a massive cloud of ash into the sky, forcing the precautionary evacuation of thousands of residents, authorities said. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Sunday raised the alert level at the rumbling Taal volcano, 65km (40 miles) south of Manila, to "level 3", indicating "magmatic unrest" that could lead to a "hazardous eruption in weeks". The institute said […]

12 January 2020

International News

192 missing in Guatemala’s Fuego volcano disaster

Authorities in Guatemala say that the death toll from Sunday's devastating volcano eruption has climbed to 75 and nearly 200 people remain missing. The national disaster agency, CONRED, said on Tuesday that 192 people are missing in violent eruption of Fuego volcano in more than four decades. The seismological, volcanic and meteorological institute, Insivumeh, heightened its warnings after the volcano erupted again earlier on Tuesday, forcing evacuations and sending rescue […]

6 June 2018

Volcano

Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano erupts, spews huge clouds of ash

New Zealand charges 13 parties over White Island deaths, injuries

Thousands evacuated as restive Philippine volcano rumbles

192 missing in Guatemala’s Fuego volcano disaster

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