Volcanic Alerts

55: Hundreds evacuated as Indonesia’s Karangetang volcano violently erupts in N. Sulawesi

Posted on May 9, 2015 by The Extinction Protocol

May 2015 – INDONESIA – At least 465 people were evacuated from their houses in Siau Tagulandang Biaro district in North Sulawesi province on Friday following eruption of Karangetang volcano, a senior official at Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said here. Impact of the active volcano’s eruption has flattened several houses in Kora village in the region, BNPB Spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said, adding that in the afternoon the volcano was still erupting lava, rocks and hot materials as far as several kilometers from the crater of the volcano.
“No death toll was recorded from the eruption. 465 people were sheltered in three sites located around 5 kilometers from the crater,” Sutopo told Xinhua by phone. Sutopo said that hot clouds were seen engulfing the eastern and southern side of the volcano slopes. He added that the displaced people did not bring any of their belongings as they have been getting used to Karangetang’s volcanic activities in the last few years. “Today’s eruption was different from the previous ones as the hot cloud emitted from the eruption was the largest one by far, which made people have to evacuate,” Sutopo added.
Sutopo said that the regional disaster mitigation agency has provided necessities for the refugees in the camps comprising of respirators, food supplies, cloths, blankets, baby foods and sleeping mats. He said that the latest eruption did not change the volcano’s eruption which initially stated at level III, or stage of alert. –Shanghai Daily

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Costa Rica’s Volcano Turrialba spews black ash cloud 6,000 ft into air

Posted on May 9, 2015 by The Extinction Protocol

May 2015 – COSTA RICA – Costa Rica’s Turrialba volcano belched a column of gas and ash upwards of 6,000ft into the air on Monday (May 4^th). An explosion on Monday afternoon lasting 28 minutes emanated from the volcano in central Costa Rica and ash reached parts of the capital San Jose some 30 miles away. Costa Rica’s international airport was reopened on Tuesday morning after the eruption of the nearby volcano blanketed runways with ash, forcing its closure overnight. Ash can affect the safety of flights during take-off and landing as well as damage engines.
The Turrialba volcano spewed thick black clouds of ash into the sky, a volcanologist for the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (Obsivori), Eliecer Duarte, said. “Yesterday’s event at 3.20pm lasted 28 minutes. In 20 minutes the ash spread 6.2 miles and reached the other camera which is in Irazu, towards the south east. It rose vertically more than 6,561ft and spewed different sized material. Some stayed on the summit and other finer material flew distances reaching the central valley.” Last month, the volcano’s most powerful eruption in two decades was recorded forcing the evacuation of residents from the surrounding area. –IB Times


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