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See Cool Photos and Video From the Mount Etna Volcano Eruption

Europe's most famous volcano awoke from its sleep this week. Mount Etna, located on the southern Italian island of Sicily, gushed lava down its slopes and spewed ash and smoke into the air on Wednesday night, forcing authorities to briefly close two airports in the area. A statement from Italy's National Institute of...

Death Toll Rises as Volcano Halts Flights to Jakarta

(Nov. 6) -- Violent eruptions from Indonesia's Mount Merapi forced the cancellation of at least 50 flights into Jakarta today as the death toll from the fiery volcano reached 138. Plumes of ash soared as high as five miles, The Associated Press reported, coating cars, buildings and trees hundreds of miles from the...

Tsunami, Eruption Wreak Havoc in Indonesia

(Oct. 27) -- Indonesian authorities have launched two rescue operations after a tsunami crashed into an island chain and a volcano erupted less than 24 hours later, leaving at least 300 people dead and thousands more homeless. Entire villages were washed away Monday when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake split the ocean floor...

Eruption Is Largest Yet for Rumbling Sumatran Volcano

(Sept. 7) -- A volcano in Indonesia shot black ash three miles high today, its biggest eruption since waking up last week after being dormant for some 400 years. Lava, rock and ash streamed into the night sky from Mount Sinabung on the island of Sumatra just after midnight, Agence France-Presse reported. The eruption,...