Volcanology

By Stathis Kousounis

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Southern Chile was rocked by a volcanic explosion, leading authorities to sound to alarm, and the mayor of the township near the volcano calling for an immediate evacuation.

The awakened volcano is Villarica, one of South America’s most active volcanoes, near the city which bears the same name. The volcanic explosion ripped through the air with hot lava and ash.

A volcano in southern Chile began erupting early March 3 forcing the evacuation of some 3,000 people in nearby villages, the government said.
      
The Villarrica volcano, one of Chile's most active, began erupting around 3:00 am (0600 GMT), prompting authorities to declare a red alert and cancel classes in schools, the National Emergency Office said.        

The Villarrica volcano erupted early on Tuesday morning, with lava and ashes reaching as far as 1,000 m into the sky, the BBC reported.

According to information of the Chilean police, after the red danger code was issued in Chile, over 3,400 people have been evacuated from the nearby towns of Pucon and Conaripe.

A Tongan volcano has created a substantial new island since it began erupting last month, spewing out huge volumes of rock and dense ash that has killed nearby vegetation, officials said Friday.
      

The death toll from a sudden volcanic eruption in Japan hit 48 on Oct. 1 as rescuers discovered 12 new bodies in so-far unexplored areas of the ash-covered peak.

The death toll from a sudden volcanic eruption in Japan hit 48 on Oct. 1 as rescuers discovered 12 new bodies in so-far unexplored areas of the ash-covered peak.

At least 36 people are feared to have died after a Japanese volcano erupted without warning at the weekend but the search for victims was abandoned because of fears of rising levels of toxic gases

Thirty-one people were presumed dead near the peak of a Japanese volcano that erupted a day earlier, catching hundreds of hikers unawares as it belched out clouds of rock and ash

Rescue workers have found 30 or more people unconscious and believed to be dead near the peak of an erupting volcano in central Japan, local government and police said