Important Takeaways:
- Iceland volcano erupts for second time this year with lava close to power plant
- Eruption in Reykjanes peninsula disrupts hot water supply for 20,000 people as lava edges closer to Svartsengi power plant
- A volcano in Iceland has erupted for the second time this year and the third time since December, pumping lava up to 80 meters (260ft) into the air and disrupting life in the Reykjanes peninsula in the south-west of the country.
- Fountains of bright orange molten rock spewed from cracks in the ground and lava crossed a road near the Blue Lagoon, a luxury geothermal spa, which had closed on Thursday.
- The lava flow also hit thermal-based water pipes in the region just south of the capital, Reykjavík, disrupting the supply of hot water to more than 20,000 people and leading the Civil Protection Agency to raise its alert level to emergency status.
- The agency also asked households and businesses to conserve electricity. Restoring hot water via an emergency pipeline that was already under construction could take days, it said.
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Important Takeaways:
- Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupts again, sending toxic ash and smoke 10,000 feet into the air
- Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupted and sent more ash and toxic smoke high into the atmosphere on Tuesday, one week after the mountain came to life and exploded, killing at least 23 climbers.
- The eruption was relatively minor and nowhere near the intensity that was observed during last week’s eruption.
- The volcano remains at the second-highest alert level, which is the same as it was before last Sunday’s initial eruption.
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- NEW ZEALAND RAISES ALERT LEVEL ON TAUPO SUPERVOLCANO, WHICH CAUSED THE LARGEST ERUPTION ON EARTH IN THE PAST 5,000 YEARS
- A volcano north of Tonga’s main island has erupted eight times in the past 48 hours, according to the Pacific nation’s geological service, which has warned mariners to keep their distance Tuesday.
- The Home Reef volcano has been erupting for the past 10 days, oozing molten lava and shooting steam and ash at least three kilometers (almost two miles) into the air.
- Home Reef’s eruption currently poses a low risk to “residents of Vava’u and Ha’apai” — two of Tonga’s most populated islands
- But warning levels were raised by one notch Tuesday as the pace of eruptions quickened.
- Mariners have been told not to sail closer than four kilometers
- Pilots have been warned to take caution when flying through airspace near the volcano
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