Philippine volcano quiet, causing worry
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A volcano in the Philippines spewed ash Wednesday after the amount of gas coming from the crater dropped suddenly, worrying experts that something had blocked the flow of magma and could cause a bigger eruption.
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The volcano alert status at Mount St. Helens has been upgraded. Scientists think another eruption is coming. &quot;There&#39;s a very good chance there&#39;s going to be an eruption ... (and) there&#39;s a good chance it&#39;s
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Mount St. Helens spewed more steam and  ash on Monday as government scientists remained on alert for a  larger eruption at the Washington state volcano, which woke  last week after 18 years of slumber.
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Volcanic tremors and earthquakes emanating from Mt. Asama, which straddles Gunma and Nagano prefectures in east Japan, subsided Thursday after the volcano erupted Wednesday night, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
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CEBU, Philippines  - The Philippines hastily shelved a high-profile gathering of Asian leaders until early January on Friday due to concerns an incoming tropical storm could wreck havoc at the venue this weekend.
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Despite ongoing volcanic activity for the last two years, there is no indication Mount St. Helens is on the verge of a repeat performance of its cataclysmic 1980 eruption, scientists said on Wednesday.
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(Mount St. Helens, Washington-NBC-AP) Oct. 8, 2004 - At Mount St Helens scientists suspect magma continues to push up to just a couple hundred feet from the crater floor.
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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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Philippines peace talks are slowly moving forward, but recent sectarian fighting worries analysts.
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Larry Park of Oregon sounded like an island of calm yesterday, despite setting off a false alarm that caused hundreds of already traumatized victims of the Asian tsunamis to flee for higher ground half a world away.
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An earthquake that killed more than 70 people in western Indonesia may have led to heightened activity at three volcanoes, experts warned Friday.
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JOLO, Philippines  - The sound of guns used to be commonplace on Jolo, an island in the remote south of the Philippines used as a base by a rebel group linked to al Qaeda, but it has been relatively calm for a few years now.
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SANTO TOMAS, Philippines  - It could be any other sleepy town in the Philippine countryside, rows of single-storey houses basking under the sun alongside roads with the occasional car or van driving past.
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Temperatures in the crater of Mount St.  Helens have risen above 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit in recent days  as lava nears the surface but there is no danger of an imminent  eruption, government geologists said on Tuesday.
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Scientists increased the alert level warning yesterday of the possibility of an eruption on Mount St. Helens, as they puzzled over the volcano&#39;s peculiar behavior.
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A volcano in southern Chile erupted on Tuesday, spewing ash and smoke but posing no immediate risk to populated areas, officials said.
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Oct. 7, 2004 - US authorities on Wednesday lowered the eruption alert around the Mount St. Helens volcano, saying that an explosion of the simmering peak was no longer imminent.