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3,000 residents evacuated after Indonesia's Mt Ibu erupts
Reuters, Published on 16/01/2025
» JAKARTA - Authorities have begun evacuating 3,000 residents near the Mount Ibu volcano on Indonesia's eastern island of Halmahera, the disaster agency said on Thursday, after an eruption this week sent a cloud of thick grey ash as high as 4km into the sky.
Volcano erupts in eastern Indonesia, killing 10
Reuters, Published on 04/11/2024
» JAKARTA - At least 10 people died after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in eastern Indonesia erupted near midnight on Sunday, spewing explosive plumes of lava and forcing authorities to evacuate several nearby villages, officials said on Monday.
Indonesia's Ibu volcano erupts twice, spewing red-hot lava
Reuters, Published on 06/06/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesia's Mount Ibu volcano erupted again on Thursday, firing red bright lava and rocks into the night sky and triggering a spectacular display of volcanic lightning, the country's volcanology agency PVMBG said.
Ibu erupts again in Indonesia
Reuters, Published on 04/06/2024
» JAKARTA - Mount Ibu erupted again on Tuesday, spewing thick columns of grey ash five kilometres into the sky, the Indonesian volcanology agency PVMB said, but there were no immediate reports of evacuations.
Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts
Reuters, Published on 01/06/2024
» JAKARTA - A volcano in Indonesia's eastern island of Halmahera erupted on Saturday spewing a five-km (3-mile) high ash cloud, the country's volcanology agency (PVMBG) said, while its disaster agency warned of potential flash floods and cold lava flow.
Indonesia's Mt Ibu erupts, local aviation authorities on alert
Reuters, Published on 27/05/2024
» JAKARTA - A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera erupted on Monday spewing a grey ash cloud six kms (four miles) into the sky, the country's volcanology agency said, adding it had issued a warning for aviation authorities managing local flights.
Eruption of Indonesia's Mt Ibu forces 7 villages to evacuate
Reuters, Published on 19/05/2024
» JAKARTA - A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey ash cloud into the sky, and people from seven nearby villages have been evacuated, authorities said on Sunday.
Indonesia's Mt Ibu erupts, spewing ash clouds
Reuters, Published on 13/05/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesia's Ibu volcano erupted on Monday morning, spewing thick columns of grey ash several kilometres into the sky, the country's volcanology agency said.
Russia given cold shoulder by sports world due to invasion of Ukraine
AFP, Published on 27/02/2022
» PARIS - Russia was on Saturday furthered targeted by the sporting world due to the invasion of Ukraine as both Poland and Sweden said they would not play the Russian team in 2022 World Cup play-offs while the Swedish Government demanded a blanket European Union sporting ban on the country.
Biathlon boss linked to corruption, prostitutes and hunting parties
AFP, Published on 29/01/2021
» PARIS - Former biathlon boss Anders Besseberg was accused on Thursday of covering up Russian doping cases in exchange for favours in a damning independent report which cites corruption, prostitutes and hunting parties.