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“The duration (ten months) and nature of the unrest suggest that an eruption is possible,” according to a February 6 statement from the United States Geological Survey’s Alaska Volcano ...

The observatory released video of the volcanic activity and also is hosting a livestream of the eruption. This is the ninth episode of eruptive activity since Dec. 23, the Hawaiian Volcano ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) stated on February 7 that an eruption would "most likely" occur at the Crater Peak vent, not the Spurr summit. Newsweek reached out to AVO via email for comment.

The U.S. Geological Survey warned nearby residents that hazards from the eruption “include volcanic gas emissions and windblown volcanic glass (Pele’s Hair) that may impact Hawai’i Volcanoes ...

LUCENA CITY, QUEZON, Philippines — Taal Volcano in Batangas province recorded two minor phreatic, or steam-driven, eruptions on Saturday and Sunday, according to the Philippine Institute of ...

At approximately 1:30 p.m. local time Monday, the volcano released a "small, sporadic splatter foundation," which then continued to increase in intensity until 6:41 p.m., when the eruptions began.

Yet recently the frequency of smaller eruptions venting steam and ash had begun to increase. Soon the sides of the volcano turned barren and rocky as red-hot ash and balls of scalding pumice ...

Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island began erupting ... vent reached heights of 330 feet during the early hours of the eruption, with a slow effusion of lava from the south vent later.