New Zealand Deputy Police Commissioner John Tims said Tuesday local police have begun a criminal probe after Monday’s eruption of the White Island volcano. An investigation by health and safety regulators will be the basis for any ongoing police action.
A volcano erupted in New Zealand on Monday, leaving five people dead and 50 more unaccounted for. Local police said tourists were seen walking inside the crater of White Island volcano moments before the deadly eruption.
Indonesian officials raised the danger level for the Anak Krakatau volcano on Thursday to the second-highest level, increasing the size of the no-go zone around the volcano from two to five kilometers.
A tsunami triggered by a volcanic eruption caught Indonesia by surprise on Saturday night, killing over 370 people and injuring almost 1,500 more.
The Hawaii volcano has been actively erupting since early May, but experts think it could continue for much, much longer.
At least 75 people have died and nearly 200 people are missing in Guatemala after a seismic eruption of the Fuego volcano outside Guatemala City on Sunday, according to reports.
Dozens of people were killed in Guatemala on Sunday after the Fuego volcano erupted, the country’s largest such eruption in over a century.
The US Geological Survey is now warning residents of the Island of Hawaii to avoid roasting marshmallows over lava flows or open volcanic vents, a report says.
Hawaii resident Darryl Clinton is lucky enough to wiggle his toes following the impact of what officials are calling a “lava bomb” that shattered his leg last week.
Two weeks in, the volcanic eruption in parts of Hawaii has launched a cloud of poisonous gas and shards of glass into the atmosphere.
Hawaii’s 4,200-foot high Kilauea volcano, which has been continuously erupting since 1983, is at risk of re-entering its explosive phase.
The eruption of Kilauea volcano is still being felt as its “heartbreaking” destruction continues.
