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Reykjavik (AFP) - La lave en fusion continuait dimanche à jaillir et se répandre, mais à un rythme moindre, d'une nouvelle faille volcanique dans la péninsule de Reykjanes, dans le sud-ouest de l'Islande, déjà théâtre de trois éruptions depuis décembre. Au début de l'éruption, qui a commencé à 20H23 samedi (même heure GMT), l'Institut météorologique islandais (IMO) avait estimé qu'il s'agissait de "la plus importante", en termes de décharge de magma, de la série que connaît la région depuis quatre mois. Dimanche, l'IMO notait que la matière en fusion s'écoulait de façon "continuelle et lente",...
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Experts in Iceland have detected no new lava flows following the recent volcanic eruption in the country. Quoting Elísabet Pálmadóttir, an expert on natural disasters at the Icelandic Meteorological Institute, the radio station RÚV reported on Tuesday that lava had last been seen coming out of a fissure on the north side of the volcano at around 1 am (0100 GMT). No lava had flowed from a fissure further south, near the town of Grindavík, since Monday morning, Pálmadóttir said. However, she emphasized that she was not yet able to say that the eruption was over, and warned that new fissures coul...
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Experts in Iceland have detected no new lava flows following the recent volcanic eruption in the country. Quoting Elísabet Pálmadóttir, an expert on natural disasters at the Icelandic Meteorological Institute, the radio station RÚV reported on Tuesday that lava had last been seen coming out of a fissure on the north side of the volcano at around 1 am (0100 GMT). No lava had flowed from a fissure further south, near the town of Grindavík, since Monday morning, Pálmadóttir said. However, she emphasized that she was not yet able to say that the eruption was over, and warned that new fissures coul...
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Experts in Iceland have detected no new lava flows following the recent volcanic eruption in the country. Quoting Elísabet Pálmadóttir, an expert on natural disasters at the Icelandic Meteorological Institute, the radio station RÚV reported on Tuesday that lava had last been seen coming out of a fissure on the north side of the volcano at around 1 am (0100 GMT). No lava had flowed from a fissure further south, near the town of Grindavík, since Monday morning, Pálmadóttir said. However, she emphasized that she was not yet able to say that the eruption was over, and warned that new fissures coul...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - One of the world's most active volcanoes has erupted again, with lava spewing from Kilauea in Hawaii on Wednesday. Footage showed fissures have opened up at the base of a crater on the volcano, which regularly springs to life, with vulcanologists calling the eruption "dynamic." Scientists at the United States Geological Survey said they began detecting activity early on Wednesday morning, all well within the confines of the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, and away from population centers. "High levels of volcanic gas are the primary hazard of concern, as this hazard can ha...
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Kailua Kona (United States) (AFP) - The world's largest volcano, which has offered a spectacular weeks-long show in its first eruption for almost four decades, has gone quiet, scientists in Hawaii said Tuesday. At the height of the flare-up, Mauna Loa spewed fountains of lava 200 feet (60 meters) into the sky, and sent rivers of molten rock gushing down its sides, wowing vulcanologists and helicopter-riding tourists. Huge fissures on the volcano, which makes up the bulk of Hawaii's Big Island, vented tons of gas, and sprayed slivers of volcanic glass -- known as Pele's Hair. But on Tuesday, ex...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Hawaii has activated its National Guard to support the response to the first eruption of the world's biggest volcano in almost 40 years, with lava threatening a key highway. Twenty National Guard members were deployed "to assist Hawaii County with traffic control and other roles in the Mauna Loa eruption," the Pacific island state's emergency management agency announced in a tweet Monday. Mauna Loa, on the US archipelago's largest island, erupted on November 27 and continues to spew rivers of molten rock on its northern slope. While the flow has slowed significantly in rec...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Fountains of lava and rivers of molten rock were spewing from the world's biggest volcano Friday, as the first eruption there in almost four decades showed no signs of abating. Two fissures on Mauna Loa were venting huge volumes of viscous rock and gases from deep within the Earth, in a thunderous display of the power of nature. Vulcanologists said they were watching lava flows heading towards a highway on Hawaii's largest island, though they still believe the eruption, which began Sunday, posed no immediate threat to humans. "The Northeast Rift Zone eruption of Mauna Loa c...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Fountains of lava up to 200 feet (60 meters) high have been fired into the air from Hawaii's Mauna Loa, geologists say, generating rivers of molten rock from the world's largest active volcano. Four fissures have now opened up on the mammoth mountain, which burst into life on Sunday for the first time in almost 40 years. Vast clouds of steam and smoke were billowing into the sky from the volcano, which makes up half of Hawaii's Big Island. "Estimates of the tallest fountain heights are between 100–200 feet" but most are much smaller, the United States Geological Survey said...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The world's largest active volcano burst into life for the first time in 40 years, spewing lava and hot ash Monday in a spectacular display of nature's fury by Mauna Loa in Hawaii. Rivers of molten rock could be seen high up on the volcano, venting huge clouds of steam and smoke at the summit on Big Island, and sparking warnings the situation could change rapidly. Pressure has been building at Mauna Loa for years, according to the United States Geological Survey, which reported the eruption could be seen from 45 miles (72 kilometers) away, in the town of Kona the west coast...
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