An image posted online by Russian space agency Roscosmos has revealed the devastation caused by the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano last week, comparing the border of the two islands before and after the disaster. A satelite view shows the remains of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Haʻapai following a …
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A tsunami triggered by a massive underwater volcanic eruption has hit the Pacific island nation of Tonga and prompted other nations to issue warnings. The sound of the volcano was so loud that it could be heard 800km away. The underwater eruption from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano occurred 65km …
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A new study of the nearest actively feeding supermassive black hole has revealed that the space phenomenon emits radio bubbles which extend over vast tracts of space when it feeds on infalling gas. In a piece published in Nature Astronomy on December 22, Dr. Benjamin McKinley from the Curtin University …
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Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) has confirmed the death of 13 people as result of the eruption of Semeru volcano that began spewing ash on Saturday, blocking the sun completely at one point. The eruption coincided with heavy rains, and saw ash turning into thick mud and obliterating a key …
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The plant was reportedly engulfed on Monday, sending massive clouds of smoke billowing into the air. Authorities have urged locals to go into lockdown. Residents in the towns of El Paso and Los Llanos de Aridane have been told to stay indoors with all windows and doors closed to avoid …
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Wallowing in schadenfreude as it describes the purported IS (formerly ISIS) terrorist organization’s sympathizers who’ve supposedly found a home on the pro-Trump social network that recently sprung up following the ex-president’s exile from Twitter, Politico notes that Gettr’s “‘free speech’ policy” will “purportedly… allow users to fully express themselves without …
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News outlets reported on Saturday that a second volcano had erupted near Goma, just one week after the previous catastrophic eruption which destroyed roads and homes and left thousands of people displaced. “Today the Murara volcano erupted near an uninhabited area of Virunga erupted,” said Congolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya …
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“Given these scientific observations, an eruption on land or under the lake cannot be ruled out at present, and it could occur with very little or no warning,” Ndima Kongba, the military governor of North Kivu province told the media on Thursday. He said that data indicates the presence of …
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The lava flows erupting from Fagradalsfjall volcano near Geldingadalir on the Reykjanes Peninsula were captured in day and nighttime footage from RT’s Ruptly video agency. A new fissure opened at the site on Thursday. Eruptions in the region of southwestern Iceland began on March 19, following heavy seismic activity in …
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The 3,329-meter (10,922-foot) volcano, Europe’s largest and considered to be the world’s second-most active after Hawaii’s Mount Kilauea, erupted at 9:20pm local time Sunday following a magnitude-2.7 earthquake. The quake was among 17 recorded in the area in the past 24 hours. The initial intensity of blast increased from medium …
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