An eruption of Indonesia's Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano spewed ash clouds more than five miles high as authorities raised the alert status to the highest level. The volcano on the remote island of Flores in East Nusa Tenggara province has had hundreds of earthquakes and visible volcanic activity has significantly increased in the last seven days. An eruption followed by an explosion was heard on Thursday evening as far away as Larantuka and Maumere, two cities about 30 miles to 53 miles from the volcano. The eruption was recorded at several...

At least seven international flights from Indonesia’s popular resort island Bali stand cancelled and many were delayed after a volcanic eruption sent ashes more than 8km high into the skies. Authorities raised the alert status to the highest level after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, one of the twin active stratovolcanoes in East Flores Regency, Indonesia, erupted on Thursday night. The large-scale eruption of the volcano in East Nusa Tenggara province happened after dozens of smaller ones had been erupting since Monday, the national geological agency said in a statement. “The ash...

The eruption disrupted several flights and raised emergency warnings to their highest level for locals and tourists. An eruption by Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano, located in the southeastern part of Flores Island, spewed ash clouds more than 8km (5 miles) into the air, disrupting flights and raising emergency warnings to the highest level for residents and tourists.

Stephanie Coral Browitt's life changed in the blink of an eye when, in 2019, she and her family embarked on a Royal Caribbean cruise vacation across New Zealand. Seeking a new experience like any other tourist, Browitt, her father, Paul, and her sister Krystal, went on a tour of White Island, an active volcano. "What felt like a normal day, changed out of nowhere," she tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview. Adventure quickly turned deadly as smoke rising from a crater lake indicated that something was very wrong. "Within seconds,...

The east London 'volcano' ready to erupt: Take a tour of 'Toxic Town' The people of Rainham in east London are bracing themselves for fire season. Under Arnolds Field on Launders Lane, tonnes of years-old and illegally dumped toxic waste have been smouldering beneath the surface for years. The past five years have been the worst. Each year as the weather begins to get warmer, fires bubble to the surface and filthy smoke makes locals choke. Residents have to keep their doors and windows closed even when the weather is...

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. A video capturing the nerve-wracking moment hikers in Guatemala were evacuated on Sunday from the Acatenango volcano as the Volcán de Fuego erupted nearby has gone viral on TikTok. The clip was shared by @keitoswan, one of the hikers, and has amassed over 208,000 views since it was posted on March 12. A note overlaid on the clip says "POV [point of view]: You hike Acatenango and Fuego starts erupting and you're...

Guatemalan authorities evacuated around 1,000 people Monday after Central America's most active volcano erupted, spewing lava, ash and rocks. Residents with traumatic memories of a deadly eruption in 2018 sought refuge early Monday after the Fuego volcano exploded spectacularly 35 kilometers (22 miles) from the capital Guatemala City. "We heard the rumblings and then a strong eruption," Manuel Cobox, 46, told AFP after leaving his home with his wife and three daughters. Some 125 families, around 900 people, were moved to safety from the community of El Porvenir, said Juan...

Several of the state’s leading infectious-disease experts painted a sobering picture of the nation’s readiness to combat a strain of avian influenza, known as H5N1 , that has infected dozens of people nationwide and is showing no signs of abating. A human pandemic is no longer remote, said the experts, members of a Harvard Medical School-led team called the Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness , and inadequate testing and difficulties in accessing federal data could hinder efforts to contain it. Gaps in surveillance and cuts by the Trump administration to...

Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano may have had a more explosive history than experts thought. A new study finds that the volcano — or one near it — laid down an enormous layer of ash and volcanic rock about 109,000 years ago. This outburst, dubbed the Maddaloni/X-6 eruption, was similar in size to the biggest known Campi Flegrei eruption, which happened 40,000 years ago and was so large that it created a caldera 9 miles (15 kilometers) in diameter. "Despite the relatively large uncertainty, the Maddaloni/X-6 eruption may be, by a...