eruption
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Some 270,000 passengers have been left stranded across Indonesia after a volcanic eruption grounded more than 2,000 flights and forced airports to suspend operations for a second day.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The volcano has been sporadically active since it emerged from the sea at the beginning of last century in the caldera that formed after the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatau.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
The probability of an eruption remains high until Monday morning, the country's geology agency warned.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Anak Krakatoa, which means Child of Krakatoa, has been sporadically active since it emerged from the sea at the beginning of last century in the caldera formed after the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Spirit Lake, decimated by the avalanche, blast, and debris field, was initially unrecognizable to those who had known it before the eruption.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
“But the yen would have to strengthen materially and surprisingly in order for the eruptions that happened a couple years ago to re-materialize.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Law demolished the arguments of the miasmists, marshaling data to show that local eruptions of equine flu were unrelated to temperature, elevation, soil conditions, changes in weather or any of the other widely touted causes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Two more eruptions happened early on Sunday, authorities said.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Two new eruptions were recorded on Sunday, the volcanology agency warned.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Since its first known eruption 16.5 million years ago, it has blown up about a hundred times, but the most recent three eruptions are the ones that get written about.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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