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Volcano eruption may have led to the Black Death coming to Europe

Climate data and historical accounts suggest that crop failures in the 1340s prompted Italian officials to import grain from ...

‘Explosive’ Volcano Erupts for First Time—What We Know

Sunday marked the first official record of the Hayli Gubbi volcano, in Ethiopia's remote Danakil region, erupting.

Volcanic eruption may have triggered Europe's deadly Black Death plague

A volcanic eruption around the year 1345 may have set off a chain reaction that unleashed Europe's deadliest pandemic, the ...

10,000-yr-old volcano awakens: Ash from Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi set to impact Indian skies, aviation routes

Satellite data show that the eruption sent a massive ash column soaring between 10 km and 15 km into the atmosphere. According to reports, a plume traveling at 100-120 km/h could reach parts of ...
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VIDEO: Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts, sending ash 11 miles high

Indonesia’s rumbling Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted twice on Monday, sending a column of volcanic materials up to 11 miles into the sky, dumping ash on villages and causing flight cancellations.No ...

How volcanic eruptions set off a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe

Clues contained in tree rings have identified mid-14th-century volcanic activity as the first domino to fall in a sequence ...
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Russian volcano explodes in 'powerful' eruption, likely intensified by 8.8 magnitude earthquake

Klyuchevskoy volcano in eastern Russia began erupting shortly after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks shook the same area. "A descent of hot lava is observed on the ...

Ethiopian volcano erupts, puts India on alert: What is an ash cloud, what are the hazards & how you should prepare

A massive ash cloud from Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi volcano, erupting for the first time in nearly 10,000 years, is heading ...