A volcano erupted in the south of Iceland overnight, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate the area and diverting flights after authorities declared a state of emergency, officials said on Sunday. Police sent rescue teams to evacuate about 500 people living in the rural area near the site. No injuries or damage to property were reported. Three Red Cross care centres were opened in nearby villages to assist the evacuated population.
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A total of 12,415 persons evacuated as Mayon Volcano explosions.
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More than 300 people are evacuated from an island in the north of Vanuatu as gas and ash from Gaua volcanic eruptions were drifting on to 3 villages. Red Cross is mobilized to assist the evacuees.
Source: http://www.glidenumber.net/glide/public/search/details.jsp?glide=18974.
Local estimates foresee that there is a risk of occurrence of mudflows in the Paéz and Símbola river basins due to lahar of the Nevado Del Huila volcano.
The high threat area is Betania Dam.
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read moreOCHA reporting local authorities ordening the evacuation of 8,500 people.
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The city of Goma and the area of Nyiragongo located at the bottom of the volcano are and will remain high risk areas. Since January 2009, the Nyiragongo and Nyamulagira volcanoes have been showing the following signs: recurrent seismic swarms of volcanic nature; great range volcano tremors at the seismographic station of Rusayo, where they happened more frequently than in other stations. This means that the volcano tremors mainly come from Nyiragongo, which lake of lava is very active.
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Chile's Llaima volcano belched ash 7 km into the sky in an intensifying eruption. It began spitting lava on 3 April and continues to permanently erupt with explosions, lava flows and ash. Approximately 70 people were evacuated overnight because of the risk of mud avalanches as the lava melts snow on the volcano.
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Acid rain and ash fall threaten water safety as well as crops and vegetation. More than 9 000 people from 40 villages in Ambrym have been affected.
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Chaitén volcano spewed a vast cloud of ash as well as gas and molten rock on Thursday in a partial collapse of its cone. Chilean authorities evacuated 160 people from the area.
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read moreGaleras volcano in southern Colombia, near the border with Ecuador, began erupting, and some 8,000 residents were ordered to evacuate.
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