volcanic ash
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Tonga Is Covered in Ash and in Crisis After Massive Volcanic Eruption
The world stood aghast in slack-jawed horror over the weekend after watching satellite images of a volcano violently erupting in the small island nation of Tonga. Officials are only now getting a handle on the damage and humanitarian risks of what authorities are calling an “unprecedented disaster.”
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9 Surreal Photos of Volcanic Ash Blanketing One of the Canary Islands
The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma in the Spanish Canary Islands is on its sixth straight week of eruption, seriously shaking up life on the island as it’s forced 7,000 people to evacuate, destroyed 2,500 homes, and created strange and hazardous side effects. As the volcano keeps erupting — and residents…
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‘Explosive Eruption’ Rocks St. Vincent as Soufriere Volcano Spews Ash Across the Caribbean
On Friday, the small Caribbean island of St. Vincent became the epicentre of the seismic world when La Soufriere volcano sent a cloud of ash flying 6,096 metres into the sky and streaming across the Atlantic.
