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Eruption of Alaska volcano prompts cancellations of some area commuter, cargo flights

The Canadian PressMay 20, 2013 21:16
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Alaska volcano eruption is prompting regional airlines to cancel flights to nearby communities, including a town that reported traces of fallen ash. Pavlof Volcano released ash plumes as high as 22,000 feet over the weekend, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Clouds obscured the volcano Monday, but U.S. Geological Survey scientists said seismic instruments at the volcano show continuing tremors. "Seismically, it's been pretty steady over the last 12 hours," geologist Chris Waythomas said late Monday morning.

Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano spews ash, gas

Agencia EFEMay 17, 2013 19:02
Mexico City, May 17 (EFE).- Columns of gas and ash 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) high were detected after two strong explosions from the Popocatepetl volcano, Mexico's Cenapred disaster-management agency said Friday. The first blast came at 10:14 p.m. Thursday, followed by another a little more than two hours later. The explosions deposited glowing fragments up to 1.5 kilometers from the crater as well as columns of ash and gas that were carried northeastward by the prevailing winds, Cenapred said.

UK budget airline to test volcanic ash cloud detection technology aimed at avoiding air chaos

The Canadian PressMay 9, 2013 14:02
LONDON - A U.K. budget airline will create an artificial volcanic ash cloud over Europe this summer to test ash detection technology. The experiment aims to avoid the kind of chaos that paralyzed air traffic during eruptions three years ago.

Mexico volcano covers towns in ash

Agence France-PresseMay 8, 2013 19:00
Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano has spewed ash over several towns in the central state of Puebla, just 55 kilometers (35 miles) southeast of Mexico City, but the country's capital was spared. The volcano blew a huge stack of smoke that went 3,200 meters (10,500 feet) skyward late Tuesday, but surrounding residents were not in danger, said Jesus Morales, Puebla's civil protection director.

Four dead as Philippine volcano erupts

Agence France-PresseMay 7, 2013 03:45
Three German tourists and their Filipino tour guide were crushed to death when one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes spewed a giant ash cloud and a hail of rocks on Tuesday, authorities said. Up to 20 foreigners and their guides were on the slopes of picturesque Mount Mayon when it erupted without warning, and rescue workers had been dispatched on helicopters to search for survivors, officials and a tour operator said. "It rained like hell with stones," local tour operator Marti Calleja quoted an Austrian woman who survived the ordeal as saying.

Philippines volcano spews giant cloud of ash

Agence France-PresseMay 6, 2013 23:45
One of the Philippines' most active volcanoes spewed a giant cloud of ash on Tuesday, triggering a rescue effort after reports that a group of tourists was trapped climbing the peak. Chief state seismologist Renato Solidum however said people living around Mount Mayon did not need to evacuate, describing the event as a "minor steam-driven explosion" of ash deposits at the crater mouth making contact with rain.

Three feared dead after Philippine volcano explosion

Agence France-PresseMay 6, 2013 23:15
Three people are feared dead after one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes spewed a giant ash cloud on Tuesday, with foreign tourists on its slopes during the eruption, authorities said. National Disaster Rick Reduction and Management Council chief Eduardo del Rosario said local officials had reported that three people had been killed and four were injured, although this had yet to be confirmed.

Japan cheers nod for Mt. Fuji as World Heritage, saddened over Kamakura

Kyodo News InternationalMay 1, 2013 09:15
Japan's pursuit to put its iconic Mt. Fuji and a group of cultural assets in the ancient city of Kamakura on the World Heritage list was a mix of success and failure, as officials and residents on Wednesday cheered only for the country's highest peak. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in a statement he is "very happy" for Mt. Fuji but finds it "very unfortunate" that Japan's request to recommend Kamakura assets was turned down.

Mt. Fuji to become World Heritage site

Kyodo News InternationalApril 30, 2013 15:51
Japan's iconic Mt. Fuji has been recommended for registration as a World Heritage site by an advisory panel to UNESCO, the government said Tuesday. The highest mountain in Japan is expected to be formally listed in June when the World Heritage Committee of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization meets in Cambodia.

Four climbers dead, two missing on Japan mountains

Agence France-PresseApril 29, 2013 04:00
Four climbers died over the weekend and two others are missing on mountains including Mount Fuji in central Japan, police and news reports said Monday. Police said that on Sunday they found the body of a 56-year-old woman who had been missing since an avalanche hit a group of climbers on Mount Shirouma in Nagano prefecture the previous day. "We have continued searching for two male climbers who were feared to be involved in the same avalanche," said a spokesman for the Nagano Police Department.
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