How volcano eruption in Indonesia might impact your travel as 170,000 travellers are left stranded
Brits have received advice from Foreign Office Airport closures have extended following volcanic ash from eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau in Indonesia, as more than 1,500 flights have been delayed. Seven airports in Indonesia, including two serving the capital Jakarta, on Monday morning remained closed due to volcanic ash from eruptions, the country’s transport minister […]
1 month ago
Supervolcano with the force of one million nuclear bombs found deep in UK’s east coast
Scientists found it was thousands of times greater than Mount Etna Scientists have uncovered the remains of a supervolcano on England’s east coast as experts believe it explains a huge layer of volcanic ash spread across northern Europe. Located beneath The Wash, between Norfolk and Lincolnshire, it reached approximately 65km (40 miles) in diameter. The […]
1 month ago
Scientists on high alert as ‘civilisation-ending’ volcano begins to wake
Worrying times ahead There are fears that one of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes has started to stir, after being silent for nearly 50 years. The eruption was nothing short of cataclysmic the last time that the El Chichón volcano in Mexico blew up. This is because the summit’s dome was destroyed by high-sulfur eruptions […]
8 months ago
Tourists evacuated as Volcano erupts in European holiday hotspot
BREAKING Tourists have been evacuated from a holiday hotspot after a volcano erupted from a one kilometre fissure causing magma flows and smoke plumes. The famous tourist location of the Blue Lagoon Spa in Iceland has had to be evacuated as well as the nearby town Grindavik. Magma and smoke spewed from a one kilometre […]
1 year ago
Massive volcano in US predicted to erupt today
It last erupted in 2015. A massive volcano in the USA is predicted to erupt today. The Axial Seamount is a mile-wide underwater volcano that sits 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, and according to the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative, there has been a rise in earthquakes under the seamount, caused by magma […]
1 year ago
Photographer behind haunting image of girl trapped in volcanic mudflow reveals why he didn’t save her
The image shocked people around the world The photojournalist who took a heart-breaking picture of the young girl trapped in a volcanic mudflow explains why he didn’t help her. In 1985, Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Armero, Columbia erupted. 20,000 residents died in the South American nation as a mixture of volcanic lava and ice […]
2 years ago