Toxic Gas Cloud from Iceland Volcano Reaches UK
A plume of gas released by a volcanic eruption in Iceland has swept across the UK, prompting monitoring by the Met Office.
A plume of gas released by a volcanic eruption in Iceland has swept across the UK, prompting monitoring by the Met Office.
A catastrophic sequence of events unfolded in Russia’s Far East on Sunday morning as a magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked the Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering the eruption of the Shiveluch volcano and prompting a tsunami warning.
Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna, has roared back to life in recent weeks. From the Voragine crater, perched atop the Sicilian giant, a mesmerizing spectacle unfolds – a fiery cascade of lava flows downhill towards the Bocca Nuova crater.
Cataclysms are natural disasters that can cause enormous destruction and loss of human life.
From one corner of the globe to another, severe weather is causing chaos. Natural disasters and extreme events are becoming all too common, and it’s hard to ignore the signs of an ongoing climate crisis. Let’s zoom in on some recent incidents that highlight the impact of these weather shenanigans.