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ATV ride sa paanan ng Mayon Volcano, patok pa rin kahit tag-ulan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 09 03:01 AM

Patok pa rin sa Albay ang all-terrain vehicle o ATV adventure malapit sa paanan ng Bulkang Mayon kahit na tag-ulan. Read more »

More than 500 hikers evacuated from Indonesian volcano

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 31 12:06 PM

MATARAM, Indonesia - More than 500 hikers and their guides have been successfully evacuated from an Indonesian volcano after a deadly earthquake triggered landslides that trapped them on the mountain, officials said Tuesday. Read more »

After Indonesian earthquake terror, hundreds trek down from volcano

Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Fergus Jensen, Reuters
Posted at Jul 30 06:47 PM

JAKARTA - Nearly 700 trekkers headed down Mount Rinjani on Indonesia's tourist island of Lombok on Monday, a day after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.4 terrified the climbers as boulders tumbled down the slopes of the volcano. Read more »

Even in the field of showbiz, ex PH rugby player Eric Tai still flexes his muscles

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 03:10 AM

For Tai, opportunities outside his sport couldn't have been made possible if it weren't for his athleticism. Read more »

Mayon nagbuga ulit ng abo ayon sa Phivolcs

Karren Canon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 02:42 PM

Nagbuga ng abo ang Bulkang Mayon ngayong Linggo ng tanghali, ayon sa Phivolcs. Read more »

Thousands of tourists stranded as Bali volcano erupts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 29 11:34 AM

Thousands of tourists were stranded Friday as Bali shuttered its international airport following a volcanic eruption on the Indonesian resort island that shot a thick plume of ash and smoke thousands of metres into the sky, officials said. Read more »

Ash from erupting volcano shuts airport in Indonesia's Bali

Reuters
Posted at Jun 29 09:18 AM

Ash from a volcanic eruption forced the closure of the international airport on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Friday, as Mount Agung volcano became active again after a lull since late last year. Read more »

Japan volcano featured in 'James Bond' movie erupts, ejecting smoke and rocks

Reuters
Posted at Jun 22 01:59 PM

TOKYO - A Japanese volcano that figured in a 1960s James Bond movie erupted explosively on Friday for the first time since April, sending smoke thousands of meters into the air, less than a week after a strong earthquake shook the country's west. Read more »

Lava destroys 600 homes on Hawaii's Big Island - mayor

Reuters
Posted at Jun 08 10:55 AM

PAHOA, Hawaii - Approximately 600 homes have been destroyed by lava flows on Hawaii's Big Island since the current eruption of Kilaeua Volcano began early last month, Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim said on Thursday. Read more »

Scores more homes destroyed by lava flow on Hawaii's Big Island

Terray Sylvester, Reuters
Posted at Jun 06 10:05 AM

PAHOA, Hawaii - A growing river of molten rock flowing from a fissure at the foot of Kilauea Volcano is believed to have demolished scores of additional homes and filled in a small bay at the eastern tip of Hawaii's Big Island, civil defense officials said on Tuesday. Read more »

Search continues as Guatemala toll rises to 72

Henry Morales and Edgar Calderon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 06 07:33 AM

Emergency workers searched Tuesday for bodies in mountain villages destroyed by the eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano, which officials said killed at least 72 people. Read more »

Guatemala volcanic eruption

ABS-CBN NewsMINGOB/PNC via Reuters
Updated as of Jun 05 02:05 PM

Aerial view of the aftermath of a volcano eruption in Escuintla, Guatemala, is seen in this picture obtained June 4, 2018 from social media.  Read more »

The deadliest volcanic eruptions of the past 25 years

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 05 06:54 AM

After Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted on Sunday killing at least 62 people, here is a list of the most deadly volcanic eruptions over the last quarter century. Read more »

Guatemala volcano eruption kills 25

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 04 02:53 PM

At least 25 people were killed when Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted Sunday, belching ash and rock and forcing the capital's main airport to close. Read more »

Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupts, several killed, hundreds injured

Sofia Menchu, Reuters
Posted at Jun 04 09:55 AM

At least 7 people, including 3 children, were killed and nearly 300 injured on Sunday in the most violent eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano in over 4 decades, officials said.   Read more »

Guatemala volcano shuts down airport, forces some evacuations

Reuters
Posted at Jun 04 06:44 AM

Guatemala's Fuego volcano spewed black smoke and ash into the sky on Sunday, prompting the evacuation of some 100 people and forcing the capital's La Aurora international airport to shut down its only runway.  Read more »

'ASAP TLC': Kasalan sa may nag-aalburutong Mayon, nakabibighaning kuweba

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 04:55 PM

Bukod sa pagiging seremonya ng pag-iisang dibdib, may mga kasalang nagiging mas hindi kalimot-limot dahil nagkataong nasabay sa ibang natatanging okasyon o idinaos sa mga nakamamanghang lugar. Read more »

Mandatory evacuation ordered as Hawaii eruption hits 4-week mark

Jolyn Rosa, Reuters
Posted at Jun 01 10:18 AM

The Hawaii community hardest hit by the Kilauea Volcano was ordered sealed off under a strict new mandatory evacuation on Thursday as the eruption marked its fourth week with no end in sight. Read more »

Earth and Fire

US Geological Survey handout, AFP
Posted at May 31 12:04 PM

This image obtained May 30, 2018 from the US Geological Survey shows Fissure 8 reactivated on the afternoon of May 29,2018 when, at times, lava fountains were reaching heights of 200 feet and feeding a lava flow that advanced to the northeast at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii. Read more »

Volcanic lava flow spurs more evacuations on Hawaii's Big Island

Jolyn Rosa, Reuters
Posted at May 31 10:07 AM

Molten rock from several lava-spewing fissures opened by Kilauea Volcano crept toward clusters of homes and vacation rentals on the eastern tip of Hawaii's Big Island on Wednesday, as authorities ushered residents from the area as a precaution. Read more »