Families flee active volcano in Ecuador
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Authorities evacuated about 100 families from the slopes of a volcano in central Ecuador which began showering villages with flaming rocks and ash last month.
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A volcano in southern Chile erupted on Tuesday, spewing lava and ash, and forcing the evacuation of about 150 people, officials said.
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SAN JUAN DE OBISPO, Guatemala, Sept. 9 -- Marta Aquino carefully folded four sheets of paper -- pink, green, blue and white -- then dropped them into long, clear plastic pouches Sunday in this village at the foot of the majestic Water Volcano.
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VOLCANO, Hawaii - Visitors to one of the world's most active volcanoes are being kept hundreds of feet away from a 55-acre lava delta that authorities believe may soon collapse into the Pacific Ocean. Eruption-watchers from the U.S.
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Thousands of people have been evacuated from Tajikistan's eastern mountainous region following a series of avalanches, the Emergency Ministry said Tuesday.
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Armed police forced tens of thousands of reluctant residents to leave the slopes of one of Indonesia's deadliest volcanos Friday, warning an eruption was imminent. The United Nations mobilized hundreds of aid workers and medical supplies to the area.
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Visitors to one of the world's most active volcanoes are being kept hundreds of feet away from a 55-acre lava delta that authorities believe may soon collapse into the Pacific Ocean.
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Firefighters made some headway against an enormous wildfire that has chased hundreds of residents from their homes, but officials warned it is far from being contained.
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Dozens of earthquakes have hit Ecuador over the past week, sparking alarm in fishing villages and prompting a top geophysicist Tuesday to dismiss the chances of a major temblor or tsunami.
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A family escapes injury following a bomb attack on their home at Maghera in County Londonderry.
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By Gwen Florio  HELENA, Mont. -- Hundreds of people fled wildfires in the West on Thursday, even as cool, wet weather held a hint of relief for parts of the region.
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Many businesses were shuttered and streets were largely deserted Saturday as residents fled from this normally bustling island resort town amid concern that Hurricane Ivan was heading for Florida.
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Many who fled snow for the Sun Belt are moving back to be near family.
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STROMBOLI, Italy  - Residents and tourists have been told to move away from the coast of an Italian volcanic island in case its spectacular eruptions cause tidal waves, emergency services said on Wednesday.
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NGANCAR, Indonesia  - Indonesian authorities urged residents not to return to their homes near a volcano in eastern Java after experts warned on Friday that Mount Kelud was still liable to erupt. Many locals have dug in and are trying to stay put despite an order to evacuate a 10-km (6 mile) zone around the 1,731-metre (5,712-foot) volcano, one of Indonesia's deadliest.
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A volcano erupts in southern Colombia, prompting the evacuation of 8,000 residents of a nearby city.
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Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano is poised for a major eruption, a volcanologist said Wednesday. Authorities last week evacuated 10 villages from its western slopes as a precaution.