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Smoke first engulfed the top of the crater and then the entire island (Pic: Michael Schade)

Five dead, eight unaccounted for as NZ volcano erupts

New Zealand police say they do not expect to find any more survivors at the site of a volcanic eruption in which five people are confirmed dead and eight are unaccounted for.

World • 09 Dec 19

Orange alert as Volcano rumbles in southern Chile

Rumbling at Villarrica, one of South America's most active volcanoes, has been worrying residents and prompted authorities to declare an orange alert this week.

News Lens • 13 Sep 19

A boat leaves the port of 'Pertuso' as the coastline is seen covered with a layer of volcanic ash

Stromboli begins clean-up after volcano eruption

The village of Ginostra on Stromboli began sweeping away layers of ash, the day after a volcanic eruption on the tiny Italian island.

Europe • 04 Jul 19

Huge chunks of Anak Krakatoa slid into the sea

Indonesian tsunami volcano lost over 60% of its height

The Indonesian volcano that caused a tsunami that killed more than 400 people last week lost more than two-thirds of its height following the eruption that triggered the killer waves.

World • 29 Dec 18

Rescue teams were among those evacuated due to the latest lava flows from the Fuego volcano

More evacuations as lava flows continue in Guatemala

Dangerous flows of lava, ash and toxic gases have poured down several canyons below the crater of Guatemala's Fuego volcano, prompting a new round of evacuations of rescue workers and nearby villages.

World • 08 Jun 18

Officials said the dead were so far all concentrated in three towns: El Rodeo, Alotenango and San Miguel los Lotes

Death toll following Guatemala eruption rises to 62

The death toll following the eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano has risen to 62, officials have said, with around 300 others injured.

World • 04 Jun 18

Civil defence notices alerted people to beware of caustic plumes of 'laze' formed from two streams of hot lava pouring into the sea

Hawaii volcano lava reaches ocean

Hawaii residents coping with Kilauea's volcanic eruption face a potentially deadly new hazard as authorities warn that lava flows reaching the Pacific Ocean could produce noxious clouds of acid fumes.

World • 21 May 18

Two more fissures opened in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 19

Lava flow from Hawaii volcano threatening exit routes

Lava flowing from giant rips in the earth on the flank of Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano is now threatening highways, raising the possibility officials may order thousands more people to evacuate before escape routes are cut off.

US • 15 May 18

Jay Balindang is one of the farmers continuing to work in the danger zone

In the shadow of a volcano, farmers defy evacuation

The Philippines' most active volcano is pouring a column of white smoke high into the sky over Albay Province.

News Lens • 29 Jan 18

Bali's airport is about 60km from the Mount Agung volcano

Bali airport reopens as volcanic ash shifts direction

Bali's international airport has reopened after a nearly three-day shutdown, airport authorities said, as ash from a rumbling volcano that looms over the island paradise shifted away from the transport hub.

World • 29 Nov 17

Mount Agung has belched smoke as high as 700 metres

Thousands flee rumbling Bali volcano

Thousands of people living in the shadow of a rumbling volcano on Indonesia's resort island of Bali have fled their homes, as fears grow that it could erupt for the first time in more than 50 years.

News • 22 Nov 17

Eruption on Mount Etna most 'energetic' of past 20 years

Dramatic eruption from Italy's Mount Etna

Fire and hot ash spewed high into the sky from Italy's Mount Etna in Sicily, in one of the most dramatic eruptions of Europe's highest active volcano in the past 20 years.

News • 04 Dec 15

Mount Sinabung killed 16 people in an eruption last year

Thousands flee as volcano erupts in Indonesia

More than 10,000 villagers have fled from their homes near a volcano in western Indonesia after a series of eruptions, an official has said.

News • 16 Jun 15

The island's residents are being evacuated

Volcano erupts on Japanese island

A volcano on the remote southern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabujima erupted without warning this morning.

News • 29 May 15

The Wolf volcano has been dormant for the last 33 years

Volcano erupts on Galápagos Islands

A volcano in the Galápagos Islands whose eruption raised fears for the world's only population of pink iguanas has calmed.

News • 26 May 15

Turrialba was inactive for 130 years until it came back to life in the 1990s

Airport shut after volcano erupts in Costa Rica

A volcano erupted overnight in Costa Rica, shooting up a column of ash that forced the closure of the airport in the capital city San Jose.

News • 24 Apr 15

The volcano had been dormant for 54 years before two eruptions yesterday

Flights cancelled after volcanic eruption in Chile

A volcano in Chile erupted for the second time in 24 hours overnight, after being dormant for more than half a century, officials have said.

News • 23 Apr 15

Another volcano in Chile, Villarrica, showed visible signs of activity yesterday

Chile declares alert as volcano erupts

Chile's Calbuco volcano erupted today for the first time in half a century, spewing a giant funnel of ash high into the sky near the southern port city of Puerto Montt and triggering a red alert.

News • 22 Apr 15

Philips to buy US-based medical device maker Volcano for $1.2 billion

Philips agrees $1.2 billion Volcano deal

Philips has agreed a deal to buy US-based medical device maker Volcano for $1.2 billion including debt.

Business • 17 Dec 14

Typhoon Phanfone is predicted to slam into Japan with strong winds and high waves this weekend

16 people still missing on Japanese volcano

Sixteen people remain unaccounted for on a still-smouldering Japanese volcano that erupted at the weekend.

News • 03 Oct 14

Rescue workers put their gear away as rescue operations on Mount Ontake are halted for the day

Fears over fresh volcano eruption in Japan

Rescue operations on a Japanese volcano have been halted for the day because of fears there could be a fresh eruption, with at least 24 bodies still on the mountain.

News • 30 Sep 14

The search for victims has been abandoned due to fears of rising levels of toxic gases

36 feared dead after volcano eruption in Japan

At least 36 people are feared to have died after a Japanese volcano erupted without warning at the weekend, raining ash and stones on hikers.

News • 29 Sep 14

Although lava has been pouring out of the volcano no ash has emerged

Icelandic volcano spews lava from new crack

Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano poured out lava from a new opening in the ground today, closer to the Dyngjujokull glacier, but there was still no ash emerging from the eruption, local authorities said.

News • 05 Sep 14

The eruption in the Holuhraun area prompted the Icelandic Met Office to raise the warning code to red

Iceland lowers volcano alert to orange

Iceland has lowered its aviation alert over the nation's largest volcano to orange from red, following an eruption at the Bardarbunga peak overnight.

News • 29 Aug 14

On Sunday, Iceland lowered its warning code for possible volcanic disruption to the aviation industry to orange from red

Further volcanic activity reported in Iceland

Two earthquakes measuring more than magnitude 5 hit Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano overnight and another quake shook a nearby volcano, with overall seismic activity staying high, the country's Meteorological Office has said.

News • 27 Aug 14