Tag: volcano eruption

• Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Tonga vulcano eruption 500 times stronger than Hiroshima bomb

  

  A NASA scientist has compared this weekend's volcanic eruption off Tonga with the atomic bomb dropped by the United States at the Japanese city of Hiroshima in 1945 and said the recent episode was “500 times” worse.

• Monday, December 16th 2019 - 09:13 UTC

  Minute of silence in New Zealand for volcano victims; Royal Caribbean potential criminal liability

  

  New Zealanders across the country observed a minute of silence on Monday to honour the victims of last week's fatal volcanic eruption. The official death toll from the surprise eruption on White Island, also known by its Maori name of Whakaari, stands at 16. Two people whose bodies are believed to be in the waters around the island are still officially listed as missing.

• Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:13 UTC

  New Zealand volcano eruption surprises visitors from cruise ship Ovation of the Seas

  

  Several people were injured at White Island in New Zealand when a volcano began erupting there on Monday, the region's mayor said. The eruption began about 2.30 pm local time on the island, about 50km from the east coast of North Island, authorities said, throwing smoke and debris into the air.