Blogs Posts in Volcano category; 20 blog posts

Residents flee homes after volcano in eastern Indonesia erup...

Hundreds of residents were evacuated after the Mount Egon volcano on the eastern Indonesian island of Flores erupted but no casualties were reported, officials said Wednesday. The 1,704-metre Mount Egon erupted late Tuesday, and its [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

MONSERATT VOLCANO shoots ash 5 miles

Montserrat volcano shoots ash 5 miles up By BENNETTE ROACH, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 48 minutes ago OLVESTON, Montserrat - The volcano that destroyed Montserrat's capital in 1997 shot a cloud of ash more than five miles into th [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

What Are Volcano Hazards?

More than 50 volcanoes in the United States have erupted one or more times in the past 200 years. The most volcanically active regions of the Nation are in Alaska, Hawaii, California, Oregon, and Washington. Volcanoes produce a wide variety [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

How Natural Disasters Work.

Volcanic Mountains are the results of Volcanic eruptions, as the magma (that is produced with in the upper parts of earths mantle) shoots out of a vent and cools it builds on itself and forms hills or mountains. Magma that breaks th [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Indonesian experts seeking end to mud volcano

JAKARTA, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- A group of Indonesian mining experts and public figures have launched an attempt to stop the mudflow in the East Java town of Sidoarjo that has swallowed 11 villages and thousands of houses since it erupted in M [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

A joint research mission between GNS Science and the Univer...

The discovery was made in the past few days by geologists drilling in the Panmure Basin in Auckland. It is the first volcano to be found in the basin, and is covered by mud and water that filled the area as sea levels rose after the last gl [...]