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Originally posted by FTD Brat
reply to post by Nogard2012
The BBC sent a tweet about it-
(From @BBCWorld twitter account)
Hillary Clinton cuts short trip to Africa because of the risk of an ash cloud from a volcano in Eritrea moving towards Addis Ababa
A swarm of earthquakes have hit the Eritrea-Ethiopia regions in north-west Africa today, sparking fears of increased volcanic activity. From 6.35am to to 9.35am today (NZ time), the region has been hit by 14 quakes ranging in size from 4.3 to 5.7 (two). Website, earthquake-report.com said there were active volcanoes in the area, but there had so far been no official confirmation from authorities of eruptions or damage. [Possible volcano eruption, but this not yet confirmed. RSOE EDIS
Originally posted by BadBoYeed
strange that the plume is flowing east....
the chili volcano plume is going west....
Originally posted by LaTouffe
We have to follow this one. Of course, because it's in deep Africa and that nobody cares about Africa, it will not be on the news.
Originally posted by BadBoYeed
strange that the plume is flowing east....
the chili volcano plume is going west....
The Dubbi volcano in Eritrea erupted and sent a plume of ash up to 15 kilometres into the air on Monday, the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre said, disrupting air traffic in the region. The eruption, which took place at 9:00pm GMT on Sunday, is "significant" according to Jean Nicolau of French weather service Meteo-France, which houses VAAC's operations for southern Europe and Africa. "Based on satellite images we are seeing, the volcanic ash is reaching altitudes of 13 to 15 kilometres," he said, adding: "We are not in a critical situation like with the Icelandic volcano Grimsvotn, which concerned a very busy air traffic zone, because the traffic is much less important" in east Africa. The ash cloud nonetheless forced US secretary of state Hillary Clinton to cut short her Africa trip on Monday because of the risk of the ash cloud moving toward her location in Addis Ababa, a senior US official said. The eruption, which was continuing late on Monday, was the volcano's first since 1861. According to preliminary Meteo-France simulations, the lower-density ash clouds were heading west-north-west towards Sudan, while the higher-density clouds were heading west-south-west. "If the cloud reaches Egypt, Israel or the Arab peninsula, the impact on air traffic will be more significant, but it is too early to know," Mr Nicolau said.
The Dubbi volcano, in the Southern Red Sea Region, erupted on Sunday, sending plumes of ash 13km (eight miles) into the air.
It was its first eruption since 1861 and was preceded by a series of earthquakes.
The ash is expected to reach Saudi Arabia, Jordan and southern Israel, the Israel Meteorological Survey said.
Originally posted by Rememberingthefallen
Oh my god people. this is just the start of many volcanoes to come. I am terrified that three volcanoes have erupted in little than 2 months, plus the tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, massive fires, and there has already been a hurricane formation. This years natural disasters have been bad but next year...... well lets not think about that right now