• Northern Lights shine over Iceland's erupting volcano

    Stunning timelapse video shows a volcano in southwestern Iceland, that has erupted four times in recent months sending lava towards a nearby community, continuing to erupt.

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    Northern Lights shine over Iceland's erupting volcano

    Stunning timelapse video shows a volcano in southwestern Iceland, that has erupted four times in recent months sending lava towards a nearby community, continuing to erupt. The current eruption, now ongoing for 28 days, became officially the second longest of the seven that have occurred in the last three years, after the six-month-long 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption. (Apr. 17)

  • Indonesia volcano continues to erupt, closing nearby airport

    Mount Ruang on the northern side of Sulawesi Island had at least five large eruptions Wednesday, causing the Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation to issue its highest-level alert, indicating an active eruption.

  • Stunning footage captures northern lights over erupting Iceland volcano – video

    A volcano in south-west Iceland is erupting for the fourth time in recent

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    Indonesians leave homes near erupting volcano and airport closes due to ash danger

    Indonesian authorities closed an airport and residents left homes near an erupting volcano Thursday due to the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the possibility of a tsunami. Mount Ruang on the northern side of Sulawesi Island had at least five large eruptions Wednesday, causing the Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation to issue its highest level alert, indicating an active eruption. An international airport in Manado city was temporarily...

  • Tsunami possible in Indonesia as erupting Ruang volcano experiences explosive eruption, prompting evacuations

    Indonesian officials warned on Wednesday that tsunami waves could be possible as the eruption of Mt. Ruang intensifies. In a press release with the warning, officials said the status of the volcanic eruption, which has been occurring for days, is now at its highest level.Indonesia's National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure, known as BNPB, said Mt. Ruang, located in the North Sulawesi province, "experienced an explosive eruption" with a column of ash reaching more than a mile high from the...

  • Volcano Mount Ruang Erupts In Indonesia

    Volcano Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia. Column of sulphur dioxide (SO2) in

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    Video shows lightning flashes at volcano eruption

    STORY: Wednesday's dramatic eruption on a remote island in the province of North Sulawesi threw a fiery-red column of lava, incandescent rock and ash as much as 3 km (two miles) into the sky.At least 800 people in North Sulawesi province were evacuated from the area, with authorities widening the evacuation zone further after the country's volcanology agency raised the alert status.Purple flashes of lightning rent the sky above the erupting volcano, videos on social media showed.

  • Indonesia volcano eruption sparks tsunami fears

    Mount Ruang has repeatedly erupted, and officials fear it could collapse and create a tsunami, with hundreds evacuated from the areaAuthorities in Indonesia have issued a tsunami alert after a volcano erupted several times in the province of North Sulawesi, spewing a column of smoke more than a mile into the sky and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people from their homes.Mount Ruang, a stratovolcano, first erupted at 9.45pm local time on Tuesday and then four times on Wednesday,...

  • Hundreds evacuated after Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupts

    The volcano, located on Ruang island about 100 km (62 miles) from the provincial capital Manado, has erupted more than three times since Tuesday

  • Diplomacy Watch: How close were Russia and Ukraine to a deal in 2022?

    The RAND corporation’s Samuel Charap and Johns Hopkins University professor Sergey Radchenko published a detailed timeline and analysis of the talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators just after the Russian invasion in February 2022 that could have brought the war to an end just weeks after it had begun. Much of the piece confirms or elucidates parts of the narrative that had previously been reported. In the spring of 2022, the two sides appeared relatively close to a deal, one that,...

  • Volcano erupts in Indonesia, alert level raised to highest

    A volcano erupted several times in Indonesia's outermost region Wednesday, with authorities raising the alert level to its highest point after the dome spewed a column of smoke more than a mile into the sky and forced hundreds to evacuate.