6 killed in volcano climbing in Russia’s Kamchatka
VLADIVOSTOK: Six people died in an accident while climbing the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported. According to a Russian News Agency (TASS) report, a group of 10 Russian tourists and two guides set out on the trek on Tuesday. On Saturday, nine people started climbing the Klyuchevskaya […]
Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupts for second day in row
TOKYO: A volcano on Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, erupted early Monday for the second straight day, with the country’s weather agency maintaining a heightened alert. There were no reports of injury or damage from Sunday’s eruption, when the Japan Meteorological Agency raised its eruption alert for the volcano to the highest level, Kyodo […]
Indonesia’s erupting Sinabung volcano belches column of ash
MEDAN: Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung erupted on Tuesday morning, spewing a massive column of smoke and ash up to 5,000 m into the sky. The volcano on Sumatra island started blasting debris early in the morning, according to a local geological agency, which recorded 13 bursts. Authorities have instructed residents to avoid a 5 km radius […]
Indonesia’s Mt Sinabung spews tower of smoke and ash into sky
MEDAN, Indonesia: Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung erupted Monday, belching a massive column of ash and smoke 5,000 metres (16,400 feet) into the air and coating local communities in debris. The volcano on Sumatra island has been rumbling since 2010 and saw a deadly eruption in 2016. Activity had picked up in recent days, including a pair […]
‘Anak Krakatau’ erupts again
JAKARTA: Volcanic mountain ‘Anak Krakatau’ which erupted in 2018 and caused a tsunami which took hundreds of lives, erupted once again last night. According to a statement from the Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (PVMBG), the 9.58 pm eruption saw the volcano spewing out ash and smoke as high as 500 metres. The centre said the volcano was categorised at Status Level II, with […]
Volcano debris litters seabed after tsunami
JAKARTA: Huge chunks of an Indonesian volcano litter the seabed after its eruption and subsequent collapse last year sparked a deadly tsunami, according to new research. The marine survey imagery shows parts of the strait between Java and Sumatra islands covered with triangular-shaped boulders from the Anak Krakatau volcano, some as high as 90 metres. […]
NZ divers search for volcano victims
WELLINGTON: New Zealand divers searched contaminated waters near the volcanic White Island for two remaining bodies yesterday, as the death toll from an eruption rose to 15 people, the police said. Waters around the island were contaminated by the massive eruption of rocks, lava and chemicals on Monday, reducing visibility. “Divers have reported seeing a […]
NZ complete daring mission
WHAKATANE (New Zealand): Elite soldiers retrieved six bodies from New Zealand’s volatile White Island volcano yesterday, winning praise for their “courageous” mission carried out under the threat of another eruption. At first light, two military helicopters set off from Whakatane airport for the offshore volcano, where an eruption last Monday killed at least 16 people […]
