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Friday 23 October 2020
Monitoring agency GeoNet said further eruptions on White Island were ‘likely’.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said it was aware of the case.
Questions have emerged over why tour groups were allowed into the volcano zone.
A spokesperson for the national disaster agency said there is a danger of more eruptions.
A government volcanologist said it’s possible the eruption was accelerated by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Central Sulawesi on Friday.
Authorities said more than 1.7 million people had been affected by the disaster.
The eruption occurred a few kilometres away from Shinmoedake, which featured in the 1967 James Bond film “You Only Live Twice” .
The Mayon volcano began erupting two weeks ago.
Mount Agung has been spewing ash for a number of days.
Mount Agung spewed smoke and ash as high as 4,000 feet this morning.
It’s not clear when – or even if – the volcano will erupt.
The last time Mount Agung erupted was in 1963.
The Icelandic volcano Holuhraun, which erupted in 2014, did not increase the amount of water in the clouds.
Ash has been spewed for thousands of metres above Mount Anso.
The volcano has not erupted in 43 years.
The death toll has reached 48 people.
Four people out of the 31 people who had been found in cardiac arrest near the peak were confirmed dead.
Official say 45 to 49 hikers sheltered overnight in cabins on the mountain.
At least eleven hikers were injured when Mount Ontake started spewing ash and smoke.
There is currently an orange alert in place indicating an increased potential of an eruption.
The ash has blanketed eastern Javanese cities forcing seven airports to close.
A man and woman in their 60s were crushed to deaths, while 200,000 people in a 10km radius have been ordered to evacuate their homes.
Victims were covered by scorching clouds during the eruption.
Around 20,000 people have been displaced as Mount Sinabung spews lava on Sumatra island.
We want to go to there.
A yellow alert has been issued an investigators are looking for signs of fresh and lava.
Not exactly a grand soft day.
The tiny islet has come into the world with quite a bang…
The eruption yesterday spewed a plume 5,000 meters into the air.
Five people were killed when the volcano erupted at the weekend.
Raw footage from Italy’s most active volcano this week.
The court ruling could have wide-ranging implications for air carriers and their passengers.
This is only the tenth time the volcano has erupted since records began in 1740.
Mount Lokon is one of the country’s most active volcanoes – eruption could be heard more than 5km away.
Mount Lokon in north Sulawesi province has a history of violent eruptions; its last major eruption in 1991 killed a Swiss hiker.
The ash cloud from Iceland’s (still unpronounceable) Eyjafjallajökull volcano could have caused engines to fail and seriously scratched up windows.
Danger zone around volcano has been extended after last night’s eruption and about 1,000 locals have been urged to evacuate in case of further volcanic activity.
Indonesia faces a humanitarian disaster as Mount Merapi erupts again, killing another 78 people.
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and former vice president Joe Biden took part in another debate last night, the final head-to-head before voting on 3 November.
The previous debate was fractious and almost unwatchable as the pair shouted over each other, but last night was more measured by comparison.
Trump denied being racist, saying no US president since Abraham Lincoln has “done what I’ve done for the black community”. Biden then said Trump “pours fuel on every single racist fire” and claimed he “has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn”.
You can catch up on the main points here.
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