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Vanuatu Volcano Alert Bulletin n°8 - Tanna Activity (August 26th 2021)

Reliefweb 26 Aug 2021
With this current activity with presence of volcanic gases and/or volcanic ash around the summit crater, The danger zone for life safety is limited in the Danger Zone A (See Yasur caldera safety map below) ... Some explosions remains intensified and volcanic projectiles or bombs may fall in and/or around the summit crater.
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HT THIS DAY: August 24, 1951 — Korean truce talks suspended; UN accused of bombing Kaesong

Hindustan Times 23 Aug 2021
Adm ... NO BOMB CRATER ... There was no bomb crater near and no scorched earth, but about 25 yards away there was a minor depression in the earth about 24 inches in diameter and perhaps six inches deep ... Murray judges the depression as the possible result of a buried explosive of force about equal to a hand-grenade ... Kinney is certain it is not a bomb crater.
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Everything You Need to Know About Planet Mercury

Astronomy/Spaceflight Now 18 Aug 2021
Looking down on the 1,525 kilometre-wide Caloris basin, faintly visible as the lighter, roughly circular patch, with numerous smaller craters within it ... Bright markings around craters with steep-walled pits are also interpreted as volcanic deposits from explosive volcanoes, again confirming that volcanism shaped much of Mercury’s crust.
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Indonesia volcano erupts, blankets villages in ash

Raw Story 16 Aug 2021
Indonesia's most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted Monday, belching a cloud of ash into the air as red lava flowed down its crater. The early morning explosions spewed clouds as far as 3.5 kilometers (2 miles) from the rumbling volcano, blanketing local ...
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Indonesia volcano Mount Merapi erupts, blankets villages in ash

Straits Times 16 Aug 2021
JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia's most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted on Monday (Aug 16), belching a cloud of ash into the air as red lava flowed down its crater. The early morning explosions spewed clouds as far as 3.5km from the rumbling volcano, blanketing local ...
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Indonesia’s Merapi volcano erupts, blankets villages in ash

The Philadelphia Inquirer 16 Aug 2021
... Indonesia's most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted Monday, belching a cloud of ash into the air as red lava flowed down its crater.
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At least 20 killed in Lebanon fuel tank explosion -Red Cross

Gulf Daily News 15 Aug 2021
At least 20 people were killed in a fuel tank explosion in Akkar in northern Lebanon, the Lebanese Red Cross said on its Twitter account early on Sunday ... The Red Cross said its teams were still searching the explosion site, sharing on Twitter a photo of several people walking around a large crater.
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At least 20 killed in Lebanon fuel tank explosion: Red Cross

Indian Express 15 Aug 2021
At least 20 people were killed in a fuel tank explosion in Akkar in northern Lebanon, the Lebanese ... About 200 people were present nearby at the time of the explosion, eyewitnesses said. The Red Cross said its teams were still searching the explosion site, sharing on Twitter a photo of several people walking around a large crater.
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Europe's Tallest and Most Active Volcano Mount Etna Grows 100 ft Taller In Just 6 ...

International Business Times 13 Aug 2021
This sudden rise has been attributed to around 50 paroxysmal episodes, or eruptions, that have occurred in one of its four summit craters—the Southeastern crater—since 16 February 2021 ... Despite being known for explosive explosions in the past, Etna has been mostly effusive in recent times ... Such eruptions are quite common within these craters.
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Six bombs and a blackout: How one Panhandle town was (accidentally) attacked during WWII

The Oklahoman 11 Aug 2021
BOISE CITYThe Fourth of July fireworks celebration was over, but the night of July 5, 1943, would prove to be even more explosive for the sleeping residents of this Panhandle town ... They dropped six practice bombs loaded with sand and a few pounds of explosives, though none landed on the courthouse.
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Nature's ultimate survivors! Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago left sharks ...

The Daily Mail 10 Aug 2021
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs and the majority of life on Earth 66 million years ago left sharks unscathed, according to a new analysis of ancient teeth ... KEY FINDINGS ... Lead author Mohamad Bazzi said the explosive event, that left a 93 mile diameter crater, was 'not as dramatic for sharks as it was most other vertebrate lineages.' ... .
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Network of UK Intel-Linked Operatives Helped Sell Every Alleged Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack

Consortium News 10 Aug 2021
Two videos depicted an individual measuring a three-meter-wide and one-meter-deep crater in a backyard, with no remnants of the bomb visible. The JIM’s examination concluded they didn’t show the aftermath of a barrel bomb strike, finding instead that the pit featured was “probably” caused by a small explosive (“TNT equivalent”) buried in the ground.
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Taal Volcano island's vegetated area turned desert-like after 2020 eruption — study

Manila Bulletin 08 Aug 2021
Trees were debarked and sandblasted mainly on the side facing the main explosion crater with some scorched but not completely turned into charcoal ... Base surges form when magma and water interact during explosive phreatomagmatic eruptions,” they explained.
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NYC first-responders, US Army train for ‘America’s worst day’

New York Post 08 Aug 2021
More On.. army ... Drought brings hunger crisis in Afghanistan after US troop withdrawal ... Col ... Asbestos spewed into air after steam-pipe explosion. A steam-pipe explosion sent asbestos spewing from a crater in... In 2018, an accidental steam pipe explosion in the subway system spread asbestos in the tunnels and forced the evacuation of 50 Midtown buildings.
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NZ cricket team set to visit Pakistan after nearly 18 years

The News International 06 Aug 2021
LAHORE. The New Zealand Cricket team is bracing up to visit Pakistan to play three ODIs and five T-20 fixtures in September after a gap of 17 years and 10 months. The Kiwis had last toured Pakistan to play five ODIs between November 29, 2003 and December 7 of the same year ... The explosion had left a large crater on the road ... .

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