THE TENSION: Vanuatu Volcano Bursts Into Life

Wednesday, December 7, 2005

Vanuatu Volcano Bursts Into Life

A view of the volcano on Aoba island, east of Vanuatu's main island of Efate December 7, 2005. About 5,000 people have been moved from villages near the volcano in Vanuatu as low-level eruptions underground sent ash through a crater lake, raising fears of a big eruption that could burst the lake and cause mud slides. The volcano has been giving off smoke and ash for several days, prompting the relocation of half the island's population, government officials said on Wednesday. Picture taken December 7, 2005. NEW ZEALAND OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Vanuatu Daily Post

COMMENTARY
Isn't this around the place Survivor Vanuatu, Islands of Fire was shot?

NEWSLINE
"Maybe nothing is going to happen, but it is better to be ready than not."

NEWSBYTE
Vanuatu Volcano Bursts Into Life
AMBAE ISLAND, Vanuatu (AP) - An erupting volcano on this remote South Pacific island burst into spectacular life Thursday - shooting steam and toxic gases 9,845 feet into the sky. Huge columns of dense white steam and muddy ash spewed above Ambae Island to reach the greatest height seen since the...

TENSION: Hot
GRAVITY: Magma

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