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TOKYO — A revived volcano in southern Japan erupted Tuesday with its biggest explosion yet, shooting out a huge plume of gas, boulders and ash and breaking windows 5 miles (8 kilometers) away.

The danger zone around Shinmoedake volcano was widened to keep residents safe. The largest eruption since it burst back to life last week covered wide areas in ash, shot boulders onto distant roads, knocked down trees and broke hundreds of windows in hotels and offices.
No serious injuries have been reported since the initial eruption last Wednesday, but public broadcaster NHK said a woman suffered cuts from shattered glass in Tuesday's blast.
NHK said the eruption was five times larger than the initial activity last week, which was Shinmoedake's first major eruption in 52 years.
Japan's Meteorological Agency has restricted access to the mountain, and on Tuesday broadened the no-go zone to anywhere within a 2 1/2-mile (four-kilometer) radius of the crater. Two lodges and scattered homes are within the perimeter.
Dozens of domestic flights in and out of Miyazaki — about 590 miles (950 kilometers) southwest of Tokyo — were grounded last week and more cancellations followed. Train service was temporarily suspended in the area and many schools closed.

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Indonesia volcano blasts searing gas; 122 now dead - Yahoo! News

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By SARAH DILORENZO, Associated Press Sarah Dilorenzo, Associated Press – 1 hr 57 mins ago

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia – Searing gas avalanched down an Indonesian volcano with a thunderous roar, torching houses and trees and incinerating villagers as they fled Mount Merapi's worst eruption in a century. Scores of bodies found Friday raised the death toll to 122.
The injured — with clothes, blankets and even mattresses fused to their skin by the 1,400 degree Fahrenheit (750 degree Celsius) heat — were carried away on stretchers following the first big explosion just before midnight.
All Friday, Merapi shot towering plumes of ash that dusted the windshields of cars 300 miles (480 kilometers) away. Bursts of hot clouds occasionally interrupted aid efforts, with rescuers screaming "Watch out! Hot cloud!"
The intensifying eruptions have baffled scientists who have monitored the mountain for years and left them uncertain what to expect. Dozens of explosions that followed Merapi's initial blast Oct. 26 had been predicted to ease pressure behind a magma dome.
The danger zone where residents have been ordered to flee has now been expanded to 12 miles (20 kilometers) from the crater.
Friday's explosion — said by volcanologists to be the biggest since the 1870s — hit hardest in Bronggang, a village nine miles (15 kilometers) from the crater. Soldiers joined the rescue operations, pulling at least 78 bodies from homes and streets blanketed by ash up to one foot (30 centimeters) deep.

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Big volcanic eruptions in Guatemala, Ecuador

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clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com An American Airlines jet is parked in the tarmac covered with ash from the eruption of the Pacaya Volcano at the international airport in Guatemala City, Friday May 28, 2010. The volcano started erupting lava and rocks on Thursday afternoon, blanketing Guatemala City with ash and forcing the closure of the international airport. One television reporter has been killed and thousands of residents from villages closest to the volcano have been evacuated to shelters. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Pos)  View related photos GUATEMALA CITY - Explosive eruptions shook two huge volcanos in Central and South America on Friday, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes and disrupting air traffic as ash drifted over major cities. Guatemala's Pacaya volcano started erupting lava and rocks Thursday afternoon, blanketing the country's capital with ash and forcing the closure of the international airport. A television reporter was killed by a shower of burning rocks

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Volcano Causes Glacier To Melt, Causing Local Flooding In Iceland

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clipped from icelandglaciermelt.blogspot.com Iceland has been disrupted for the second time in less than a month when a volcano eruption melted part of a nearby glacier, causing heavy flooding today, April 14, 2010. As a result,up to 800 people were forced to evacuate. http://icelandglaciermelt.blogspot.com/

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Iceland's eruptions could have global consequences

clipped from news.yahoo.com REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Blasts of lava and ash shot out of a volcano in southern Iceland on Monday and small tremors rocked the ground, a surge in activity that raised fears of a larger explosion at the nearby Katla volcano. Slideshow:Iceland's Eyjafjallajoku volcano erupts Play Video Video:Iceland evacuate resident after volcanic eruption AFP Play Video Video:Hundreds flee Icelandic volcano Reuters Scientists say history has proven that when the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupts, Katla follows — the only question is how soon. And Katla, located under the massive Myrdalsjokull icecap, threatens disastrous flooding and explosive blasts when it blows. Several small tremors were felt early Monday, followed by spurts of lava and steam rocketing into the air. Iceland sits on a large volcanic hot spot in the Atlantic's mid-oceanic ridge. Eruptions, common throughout Iceland's history, are often triggered by seismic activity when the Earth's plates move

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Iceland prepares for second, more devastating volcanic eruption

clipped from www.timesonline.co.uk Iceland is preparing for an even more powerful and potentially destructive volcano after a small eruption at the weekend shot red-hot molten lava high into the sky. About 500 people were safely evacuated from the land close to the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which is around 120 kilometres (75 miles) southeast of the capital, Reykjavik. The country's two airports were closed for most of the day and transatlantic flights re-routed to avoid the risk of ash blocking visibility and destroying engines. Freymodur Sigmundsson, a geophysicist, concluded that the immediate danger was receding and that the lava was flowing along a one kilometre-long fissure. However, the danger is that the small volcano is just the beginning and that it will trigger the far more powerful volcano of Katla, which nestles beneath Myrdalsjoekull. "Eyjafjallajokull has blown three times in the past thousand years," Dr McGarvie told The Times, "in 920AD, in 1612 and between 1821 and 1823

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Icelandic Volcano Erupts, Forcing 500 People From Their Homes

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clipped from www.businessweek.com March 21 (Bloomberg) -- A volcanic eruption east of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull glacier has forced the evacuation of more than 500 people and the cancellation of all flights to and from the island, the Department of Civil Protection said. Farmers in nearby areas have also been told to leave their homes and the Icelandic Red Cross has set up three emergency centers to assist the evacuees, the department said on its Web site. The volcano, which hasn’t erupted for more than 1,000 years, is spewing lava from 15 places, the department said. The eruption started at about 10 p.m. local time last night east of the north Atlantic island’s fifth-largest glacier. The volcano erupted along a 1 kilometer-long (0.6 miles) rift, running from northeast to southwest. All flights have been canceled because the eruptions are taking place less than 120 miles from Iceland’s main airport at Keflavik. The cancellation has stranded about 1,000 passengers, according to the Department of Civil Protection.

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Breaking News: Iceland Volcano Eruption Eyjafjallajokull Glacier Feared of Melting

clipped from www.worldcorrespondents.com Breaking news of the hour is that one of the volcanoes in Iceland just erupted at around 11.30pm local time (7.30pm EDT).  The name of the volcano that erupted is quite difficult to pronounce and spell but to those who would want to know it is the Eyjafjallajokull volcano somewhere in southern Iceland.  Hundreds were immediately evacuated.  Reports have been passed that there were lava flows and ashfall that indicated eruption. The Eyjafjallajokull glacier which is beside the volcano, is the fifth largest in Iceland.  Reports say that the eruption was below the glacier and thus it could lead to flooding from the melting glacier.  Scientists are now assessing the situation and looking ahead on what is about to happen based on their findings.  More news and updates to come once we receive the latest.

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