St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on Thursday declared a disaster alert prompted by a change in the eruptive activity at the La Soufrière volcano, according to the country’s National Emergency Management Organization.
NASA satellite data could detect volcanic unrest years before eruptions
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In a recent study published in the journal Nature Geoscience, researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks said that large-scale thermal unrest measured using a stat...
St. Vincent suffers power outage after La Soufrière volcano erupts
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There has been a massive power outage on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent where La Soufrière volcano began erupting Friday, St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Emergency Management Organization reported Sunda...
St. Vincent awaits new volcanic explosions as help arrives
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Nations ranging from Antigua to Guyana offered help by either shipping emergency supplies to their neighbor or agreeing to temporarily open their borders to the roughly 16,000 evacuees fleeing ash-covered communities...
Volcano eruption in Caribbean prompts mass evacuation during popular vacation week
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"La Soufriere has moved into an explosive state. Plumes up to eight kilometers," the country's National Emergency Management Organization tweeted Friday. VOLCANO ERUPTS IN ICELAND FOR FIRST TIME IN 6,000 YEARS "Plea...
Moving MLB All-Star Game from Atlanta is ‘serious mistake,’ former Commissioner Fay Vincent says
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Vincent, who wrote an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, said Manfred made a decision "without first protesting the substance of the law." He added that Manfred made a "serious mistake", and the All-Star Game ...
Volcanic ash shuts down international airport in Guatemala
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Guatemalan authorities have closed Guatemala's international airport as volcanic ash blanketed planes and runways on Tuesday. Guatemala City's La Aurora International Airport was temporarily closed after unfavorabl...
Iceland reports a volcanic eruption near the capital of Reykjavík
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Iceland has reported a volcanic eruption on the southwest Reykjanes Peninsula, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) tweeted Friday. "Volcanic eruption has begun in Fagradalsfjall. Flight color code is red but ...
Australia’s wildfires released as much smoke as a massive volcanic eruption, study finds
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Australia's devastating recent wildfires thrust as much smoke into the Earth's atmosphere as a powerful volcanic eruption, causing cooling over the region's oceans with potentially long-lasting impacts, according to...
17,000 earthquakes hit Iceland in the past week. An eruption could be imminent
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Reykjavik Even for a volcanic island accustomed to the occasional tremor, this has been an unusual week for Iceland. According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, around 17,000 earthquakes have hit the southweste...
Vincent Jackson, former NFL wide receiver, found dead in hotel room, authorities say
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Former NFL wide receiver Vincent Jackson was found dead Monday in a hotel room in Brandon, Florida, officials said. The 38-year-old had been staying at the Homewood Suites in Brandon, about 12 miles outside Tampa, s...
Countries in West Africa on high alert after Ebola outbreak in Guinea
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Lagos, Nigeria Guinea declared an Ebola outbreak in one of its regions on Sunday, after the West African nation confirmed at least seven cases of the disease, including three deaths, the country's National Security a...
Capitol Building put on alert after a small fire several blocks away
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Washington A small fire at an apparent homeless encampment less than a mile away from the US Capitol Building on Monday prompted the building to enter lockdown, a reflection of the heightened state of alarm at the co...