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Indonesia hit by deadly tsunami, volcanic eruption (AP)

October 26th, 2010

A villager watches Mount Merapi in Kaliadem, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. Indonesia's most volatile volcano started erupting Tuesday, after scientists warned that pressure building beneath its dome could trigger the most powerful eruption in years. (AP Photo)AP - A volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles apart in Indonesia — spasms from the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” which spawns disasters from…

Big volcanic eruptions in Guatemala, Ecuador (AP)

May 28th, 2010

A man surveys the damage after the roof of his home partially caved in when the Pacaya Volcano erupted a day earlier in Calderas, Guatemala, Friday May 28, 2010. The volcano started erupting lava and rocks on Thursday afternoon, blanketing Guatemala City with ash and forcing the closure of the binternational/b airport. One television reporter has been killed and thousands of residents from villages closest to the volcano have been evacuated to shelters. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)AP - Rocks spewing from a volcano overlooking the Guatemalan capital killed a television reporter and crushed roofs in villages near the peak, authorities said Friday. Three children are missing.


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Volcanic ash closes London’s Heathrow airport (AP)

May 17th, 2010

Map shows the ash cloud over Europe from the volcano in IcelandAP - Two of Europe’s busiest airports closed early Monday morning as a dense cloud of volcanic ash drifted from Iceland, aviation authorities said.


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Volcanic ash to close London’s Heathrow airport (AP)

May 16th, 2010

Map shows the ash cloud over Europe from the volcano in IcelandAP - Europe’s busiest airport was set to close early Monday morning as a dense crowd of volcanic ash drifts across England from Iceland, aviation authorities said.


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Volcanic ash cloud closes British airports (AP)

May 16th, 2010

Map shows the ash cloud over Europe from the volcano in IcelandAP - Civil aviation officials on Sunday said a drifting, dense cloud of volcanic ash is “rapidly encroaching” on British airspace, forcing the closure of airports in Northern Ireland.


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EU proposes new rules on avoiding volcanic ash (AP)

May 12th, 2010

In this aerial image from video made Tuesday May 11 2010 a column of fire, smoke and ash rises from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokul volcano. Ash from the volcano wound its way down to North Africa and curled over to Turkey on Tuesday May 11, 2010, forcing authorities to shut down Casablanca airport in Morocco as well as airports in Spain and airspace over Turkey.(AP Photo/RUV, via APTN) ** ICELAND OUT TV OUT **AP - The European air safety agency proposed new procedures Wednesday that would drastically shrink the no-fly zone around volcanic ash particles — a move that should decrease future airspace…

Volcanic ash prompts Ireland to close its airports (AP)

May 3rd, 2010

Smoke and ash billowing from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano on April 23. Ireland may have to re-impose a flight ban as ash from an Icelandic volcano drifts towards it, while a small section of British airspace will be closed, air authorities said Monday.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AP - Ireland’s Aviation Authority said Monday it was banning all flights in and out of Ireland on Tuesday morning because of a renewed risk of volcanic ash drifting south…

A glance at flight disruptions due to volcanic ash (AP)

April 17th, 2010

This aerial image shows the crater at the summit of the volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier Saturday April 17, 2010. A lingering volcanic ash plume forced extended no-fly restrictions over much of Europe Saturday, as Icelandic scientists warned that volcanic activity had increased and showed no sign of abating — a portent of more travel chaos to come. Although the ash plume has grown, a northerly wind was expected to allow enough visibility for scientists to fly over the volcano Saturday. (AP Photo/Jon Gustafsson /Helicopter.is) ** ICELAND OUT **AP - Here is a glance of the flight disruptions and airspace closures across Europe and beyond, caused by a lingering volcanic ash plume drifting from Iceland.


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Volcanic cloud casts pall over interwoven world (AP)

April 16th, 2010

A car is seen driving through the ash from the volcano eruption under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland, Friday April 16, 2010. The volcano erupted for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, shooting smoke and steam into the air. Flights around the world have been canceled and passengers stranded as the ash cloud from the volcano affected operations at some of the world's busiest airports. (AP Photo/Omar Oskarsson)AP - A cloud of ash hovered over Europe on Friday, casting a pall over an interwoven world.


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Iceland’s volcanic ash halts flights across Europe (AP)

April 15th, 2010

In this image made available by the Icelandic Coastguard taken Wednesday April 14, 2010, smoke and steam rises from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland, which erupted for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, shooting smoke and steam into the air and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters. Authorities evacuated 800 residents from around the glacier as rivers rose by up to 10 feet (3 meters). Emergency officials and scientists said the eruption under the ice cap was 10 to 20 times more powerful than one last month, and carried a much greater risk of widespread flooding.(AP Photo/Icelandic Coastguard, ho) **EDITORIAL USE ONLY**AP - Ash clouds from Iceland’s spewing volcano disrupted air traffic across Northern Europe on Thursday as authorities closed British and Nordic air space, shut down Europe’s busiest airport at…

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