eruption
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Another eruption from Fuego in 2023 caused the evacuation of around 1,200 people.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
The eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala has triggered the evacuation of at least two villages on its slopes.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Guatemalan authorities issued the country's second-highest emergency alert level on Monday after a major eruption of Central America's most active volcano, prompting the evacuation of nearby villages.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
It then rises more slowly, giving volcanic gases additional time to escape and making a gentler, effusive eruption more likely.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
The pattern of hummocks in the debris fields around Mount St. Helens after the eruption helped scientists to recognize the signs of landslides at other volcanoes.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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And how does the corona continue to remain so hot despite frequent eruptions during which it loses huge amounts of energy?
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Also called a cumulonimbus flammagenitus, they can occur during volcanic eruptions or, as in this case, when a wildfire roasts the air near the ground, causing it to rise quickly.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Long-simmering frustration over the state's lack of accountability created the conditions for this "implosion", he told the BBC, adding that the architecture of social media makes such eruptions likely to recur.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Those eruptions released vast quantities of CO2 into the atmosphere, driving global temperatures up by an estimated 5 to 10 degrees Celsius.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
But it was all a lot less dramatic than the blasting eruptions of the past month or so.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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