Volcano spits grit on town
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MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Washington -- Mount St. Helens exhaled a spectacular roiling cloud of steam and ash yesterday, sprinkling grit on a small town some 40 kilometres from the volcano.
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Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano on Thursday hurled fiery rocks and sent a column of ash and steam 1 1/2 miles above its crater. Experts have warned that Tungurahua is poised for a major eruption within a matter of days or weeks.
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A reawakening volcano sparked a makeshift festival here Sunday, as thousands of people staged parties at every wide spot in the two-lane road to the mountain.
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Villagers living on Mount Merapi&#039;s slopes watched as it spit out searing clouds of smoke and lava Monday amid warnings a large eruption was still possible in the aftermath of Indonesia&#039;s powerful earthquake.
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A volcano erupted in a remote area of Iceland on Monday, setting off tremors across the area and prompting officials to warn pilots to avoid flying through gasses being emitted by the blast.
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Volcanic blasts in what is now Washington State spewed steam and billowed ash in amounts that dwarf the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980, research shows.
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Scientists warn that a small or moderate blast could spew ash and rock as far as three miles from the crater around Mount St. Helens in the next few days. The volcano began rumbling more intensely Wednesday.
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Montserrat's Soufriere Hills volcano blasted ash and steam into the air on Thursday, and authorities warned the Caribbean island could see heightened activity in coming days.
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Scientists hoped good weather yesterday and today would allow them to get a better look at the volcano. A flurry of small earthquakes beginning in late September were followed by a burst of steam and ash on
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Washington&#39;s Mount St. Helens released new lava into its crater after weeks of rattling earthquakes and repeated bursts of ash and steam.
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MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka -- As far as the eye can see in this northern coastal town, shards of brick, asbestos roofing, and glass from destroyed houses litter a once-pristine beach. Uprooted trees, strewn with shreds of clothing ripped off people's bodies as the water engulfed them, lie half-buried in the sand.
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Searing temperatures on the surface of Mount St. Helens had scientists more certain that magma had reached the surface of the volcano&#39;s lava dome.
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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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The hot rock continued to ooze through the volcano. The lava caused regular ash plumes and steam seen for a miles around Mount St.
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GENERAL PIZARRO, Argentina  - General Pizarro, a  one-telephone town in the northern province of Salta, gained  notoriety last month when environmentalists chained up  bulldozers to protest the sale of a nearby nature reserve.
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A volcano in northern Tanzania erupted on Friday, spewing small amounts of smoke and lava, the government spokesman said.
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Mount St. Helens stewed in volcanic gases and low-level earthquakes Sunday, with crowds of eager tourists hoping to glimpse an eruption that scientists said could happen immediately or take a few weeks.