Thursday, June 15, 2006
Lava spews from Comoros volcano
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(Arab News) from Comoros.
A volcano on the Indian Ocean island of Grande Comore has erupted, lighting up the sky and sending scores of frightened residents onto the streets.
Residents of Moroni, the capital of the Comoros islands, said on Sunday that they could see lava at the top of 2,361-metre Mount Karthala, one of the world's largest active volcanoes.
"When I saw Karthala glowing we came out to see what was going on but I really don't know, I'm worried," said 35-year-old Houmadu Saindou.
Karthala last erupted in April 2005, affecting as many as 40,000 residents and forcing thousands to flee in fear of poisonous gas and a possible magma flow.
It was the volcano's first eruption in more than decade on the archipelago nation, 300km off the coast of East...
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Az in evergreenbrownsPosted by SilverJade Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Arab News) from Comoros.
A volcano on the Indian Ocean island of Grande Comore has erupted, lighting up the sky and sending scores of frightened residents onto the streets.
Residents of Moroni, the capital of the Comoros islands, said on Sunday that they could see lava at the top of 2,361-metre Mount Karthala, one of the world's largest active volcanoes.
"When I saw Karthala glowing we came out to see what was going on but I really don't know, I'm worried," said 35-year-old Houmadu Saindou.
Karthala last erupted in April 2005, affecting as many as 40,000 residents and forcing thousands to flee in fear of poisonous gas and a possible magma flow.
It was the volcano's first eruption in more than decade on the archipelago nation, 300km off the coast of East...
Read More...
