Mayon volcano in the Philippines rumbles back to life on January 13 and spewes ash plume around 2,500 metres high. (Photo: AFP/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – More than 900 families havebeen evacuated from areas near Mayon Volcano in the central province of Albay,the Philippines as the volcano continues ejecting ash into the air.The mandatory evacuation of 919 households was ordered bylocal authorities due to the abnormal activities of Mayon, said RominaMarasigan, spokesperson of the country’s National Disaster Risk Reduction andManagement Council.According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology andSeismology (Philvolcs), the volcano rumbled back to life on January 13 and theinstitute recorded two eruptions on the morning of January 14, spewing ashplume around 2,500 metres high.The Mayon, 2,460 metres in height and 20 kilometres inwidth, is one of the Philippines’s active volcanoes famous for its beauty andnear-perfect symmetry.It has erupted 51 times during the past 400 years. Themost destructive eruption was reported in 1814 which killed about 1,200 peopleand buried three towns under mud and rock.-VNA
A Philippine volcano erupted on Monday showering an entire town with ash, although there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, officials said. Photo: AFP A large ash explosion from Bulusan, a 1,559-metre (5,115-foot) volcano, drifted south to cover Irosin, a town of 46,000 people, said Harriet Sayson, of the civil defence operations centre in nearby Legaspi city. "There's zero visibility at Irosin at the moment, and we can't get in touch with officials there," Sayson told AFP by telephone. She said civil defence staff were in the town checking for damage or casualties, but none had been reported…... [read more]
Two volcanoes erupted in Indonesia on Monday, withone forcing flights to be rerouted and stopping thousands of people whohad already been evacuated from returning home. Local residents watch as a giant plume of steam and ash rise andhot lava rolls from the crater of Mount Sinabung volcano, during aneruption seen from Karo district on Indonesia's Sumatra island, onNovember 5, 2013 Mount Sinabung on western Sumatra island, which has been erupting onand off since mid-September, shot volcanic ash around 8,000 metres(26,000 feet) into the air, the Geological Disaster Mitigation andVolcanology Centre said. "The transport ministry is redirecting flights away from a…... [read more]
A series of eruptions at an Indonesian volcano have thrown rocks, lava and ash hundreds of metres into the air and forced thousands of people to flee, officials said Friday. Mount Lokon on Sulawesi island burst into life overnight Thursday and continued to spew ash and searing gas into the air well into the morning, prompting more than 4,500 residents to head to safety. "There was a big eruption around 10:31pm local time (1531 GMT Thursday), which saw ash, sand and rocks thrown 1,500 metres (4,800 feet) into the air," government volcanologist Kristianto told AFP. Grass and shrubs within 500…... [read more]
Volcano eruption of Mount Barujari (Source: Reuters)Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia evacuated more than 1,000 domestic and foreign tourists on September 28 after a volcano eruption of Mount Barujari in the central province of West Nusa Tenggara.Local police and authorities are also searching for hundreds of other tourists, according to the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB).The agency said 333 foreign tourists and 56 domestic ones were visiting the volcano when it erupted on September 27 with the ash column rising up to 2 km in the sky.Authorities have announced dangerous areas within a 3km radius from the volcano and…... [read more]
Nearly six thousand people have fled their homes on Indonesia's Sumatra island after a huge volcanic eruption at the weekend, officials said, as the volcano belched out more smoke Monday.Mount Sinabung in the Karo district of North Sumatra province erupted before dawn on Sunday, spewing rocks and red-hot ash onto nearby villages."The number of evacuees has risen to 5,956 people," said national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, adding they were mostly from six villages in a three-kilometre (1.9-mile) zone around the volcano.The head of the North Sumatra disaster agency, Asren Nasution, said they had taken shelter in churches, mosques…... [read more]
