Families race to salvage belongings as lava from La Palma volcano nears homes
Los Llanos de Aridane, SpainReuters Families rushed to retrieve belongings from their homes and escape the advancing lava on Tuesday, as sirens sounded and helicopters flew overhead in air filled with smoke from an erupting volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma. Drone footage showed the lava flowing westwards to the coast in three […]
Congo volcano leaves death and smoking wreckage, but major city spared
Goma, Central African RepublicReuters A volcanic eruption in eastern Congo left a smoking trail of destruction half a mile wide on Sunday that buried hundreds of houses and left residents searching for missing loved ones, before halting just short of the city of Goma. Goma was thrown into panic on Saturday evening as Mount Nyiragongo, […]
Caribbean island tackles water, food shortages after volcano eruption
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesReuters The tiny eastern Caribbean island of Saint Vincent was rocked by a fifth day of eruptions from the La Soufriere volcano on Tuesday as leaders warned of shortages of water and the potential need for hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild. The explosion happened around 6am, causing another […]
Updated: “No signs of life” on New Zealand volcano island after disaster “waiting to happen”
Last updated: 10.30amWhakatane, New ZealandReuters New Zealand said on Tuesday that eight people were missing and presumed dead a day after a volcano erupted off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island, with at least five people confirmed dead and more than 30 injured. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told reporters that aerial reconnaissance flights did […]