Thursday, June 15, 2006
Four Vanuatu volcanoes showing signs of eruption
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Flood water panicPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Mainichi Daily News).
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Three volcanoes in Vanuatu's volatile "ring of fire" were Saturday under close watch after spitting rocks, ash and steam over the South Pacific island in recent days, officials said.
A fourth volcano was causing concern after signs it could be building toward a fresh eruption, they said.
"There seems to be an upsurge in activity around the ring of fire that runs through the archipelago," New Zealand High Commissioner to Vanuatu Paul Willis told The Associated Press from the capital, Port Vila.
Yasur Volcano on Tanna Island in the south was causing the most concern after it was classified as Level 2 -- likely to erupt -- by the South Pacific nation's Mines and Geology Department, he said.
"Tanna...
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Flood water panicPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Mainichi Daily News).
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Three volcanoes in Vanuatu's volatile "ring of fire" were Saturday under close watch after spitting rocks, ash and steam over the South Pacific island in recent days, officials said.
A fourth volcano was causing concern after signs it could be building toward a fresh eruption, they said.
"There seems to be an upsurge in activity around the ring of fire that runs through the archipelago," New Zealand High Commissioner to Vanuatu Paul Willis told The Associated Press from the capital, Port Vila.
Yasur Volcano on Tanna Island in the south was causing the most concern after it was classified as Level 2 -- likely to erupt -- by the South Pacific nation's Mines and Geology Department, he said.
"Tanna...
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