One of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes spewed a huge ash cloud more than 11 kilometres into the sky on Tuesday after officials issued the country’s highest alert. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, erupted at 17:35 local time (10:35 BST), the country’s volcanology agency said, sending the vast cloud above the tourist island of Flores. A 7km exclusion...
A Plymouth hospital will be redeveloped to meet the growing demand for rehabilitation and mental health services in the region, it has been announced. University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and Livewell Southwest said the changes at Mount Gould Hospital were important as the population gets older. It means wards for general rehabilitation at Mount Gould...
Caroline Robinson BBC News, Devon Jon Meek Mrs Meek, who was asleep on the plane, didn’t know about the eruption until after the plane landed A Devon man has said it was “fascinating” to watch Mount Etna erupting during his flight home – a day after his wife had run up the volcano. Jon and...
Esme Stallard Climate and science correspondent Watch: Erupting Mount Etna spews huge plumes of smoke and ash Italy’s Mount Etna has erupted, with large plumes of ash and smoke seen rising from the volcano. Images and video from the island of Sicily showed volcanic material spilling out of the volcano on Monday morning. A number...
Footage shows huge plumes of earthy coloured smoke and ash billowing from Mount Etna in Sicily. The volcano on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean island is one of the world’s most active, with eruptions taking place several times a year. Video captured on Monday comes after Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said...
A volcano in the Philippines has erupted, spewing ash 3km (1.8 miles) in to the air. The eruption of the Mount Kanlaon volcano on the Negros island was caught on a thermal camera, showing debris falling. A four-mile evacuation radius has been in place around the volcano, following an earlier eruption in December. There have...
A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season was rescued twice in four days, after he returned to look for his mobile phone. The Chinese student, who lives in Japan, was first rescued by helicopter on Tuesday while on the Fujinomiya trail, which sits about 3,000m (9,800ft) above sea...