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Volcano on uninhabited Galapagos island erupts, sends lava flowing to sea
Read full article: Volcano on uninhabited Galapagos island erupts, sends lava flowing to seaA volcano on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos has begun erupting and lighting up the nighttime sky as lava tumbles down its sides toward the sea.
Volcanic eruption more than 7,000 miles away detected in Cape Canaveral
Read full article: Volcanic eruption more than 7,000 miles away detected in Cape CanaveralCity officials said more than 7,000 miles from the volcanic eruption near the island of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean Jan.15, Cape Canaveral’s weather stations picked up readings related to the eruption that day.
Ash from erupting volcano forces Spanish islanders indoors
Read full article: Ash from erupting volcano forces Spanish islanders indoorsAuthorities on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands are telling people who live near an erupting volcano to stay indoors because of a heavy fall of ash that has also cancelled of school classes.
St. Vincent fears COVID-19 outbreak with volcano evacuations
Read full article: St. Vincent fears COVID-19 outbreak with volcano evacuationsOfficials in St. Vincent say they are extremely worried about a COVID-19 outbreak given the lack of water and more positive cases being reported as thousands of evacuees fleeing the erupting volcano crowd into shelters and private homes.
‘Huge’ explosion rocks St. Vincent as volcano keeps erupting
Read full article: ‘Huge’ explosion rocks St. Vincent as volcano keeps eruptingLa Soufriere volcano has fired an enormous amount of ash and hot gas in the biggest explosive eruption yet since volcanic activity began on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent late last week, with officials worried about the lives of those who have refused to evacuate.
Eastern Caribbean issues rare alerts for rumbling volcanoes
Read full article: Eastern Caribbean issues rare alerts for rumbling volcanoesSAN JUAN – Volcanoes that have been quiet for decades are rumbling to life in the eastern Caribbean, prompting officials to issue alerts in Martinique and St. Vincent and the Grenadines as scientists rush in to study activity they say hasn’t been observed in years. The most recent warning was issued late Tuesday for La Soufriere volcano in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a chain of islands home to more than 100,000 people. La Soufriere, located near the northern tip of the main island of St. Vincent, last erupted in 1979, and a previous eruption in 1902 killed some 1,600 people. In early December, officials in the French Caribbean territory issued a yellow alert due to seismic activity under the mountain. While the eastern Caribbean is one long chain of active and extinct volcanoes, volcanologist Erik Klemetti, at Denison University in Ohio, said the activity at Mt.