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Divers searched seas around New Zealands volatile White Island Saturday for two people still missing five days after the volcano erupted, amid warnings it could do so again. (Photo: AFP)

Divers search for remaining bodies from New Zealand volcanic eruption

They were focusing on an area where a body was seen floating in the water earlier in the week.

14 Dec 2019 11:49 AM IST

The GeoNet monitoring agency raised White Islands threat level in the week before the eruption but also advised current activity does not pose a direct hazard to visitors. (Photo: AFP)

Volcanic eruptions put tourism at halt in New Zealand

Volcano disaster puts spotlight on NZ adventure tourism.

13 Dec 2019 12:06 PM IST

New Zealands White Island volcano erupted suddenly on Monday, prompting fears for a group of visitors seen walking on the crater floor moments before. Hundred People near the volcano when it erupted, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. (Photo: Facebook/ Konkona)

5 dead, 18 injured after volcano erupts in New Zealand's White Island

A 'considerable number' of those caught up in the disaster are believed to be Australian, according to officials in...

9 Dec 2019 9:06 AM IST

More than three decades after he flew his helicopter above the radioactive volcano that was Chernobyls nuclear reactor number four, the site of the worlds worst nuclear accident, Mykola Volkozub recalls how he feared for his life. (video screengrab/ YouTube)

'Nobody is not afraid': Chernobyl pilot who made 3 flights within 20...

Eyeing up the reactor for the first time in 33 years, Volkozub said he couldn't recognise it.

16 Aug 2019 7:07 PM IST

Volcanic smog, or air pollution, is created by vapour, carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide gas released from Kilauea. (Photo: AP)

Hawaii volcano is pumping out vog'

Higher sulphur dioxide emissions recorded at the volcano's summit are creating the potential for heavier than usual vog,...

28 May 2018 8:50 AM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Hawaii volcano could be building up to big eruption: Scientists

Scientists estimate that the lava could interact with the groundwater by the middle of May.

11 May 2018 3:36 PM IST

In this photo, a new fissure erupts in Leilani Estates in Pahoa, Hawaii. Hawaiis erupting Kilauea volcano has destroyed homes and forced the evacuations of more than a thousand people. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts and destroys 26 homes

More than 1,700 residents who have been evacuated were allowed to briefly return to gather medicine, pets, and other...

7 May 2018 12:23 PM IST

The island was temporarily evacuated last September when the eruption cycle began.

Vanuatu plans to permanently evacuate entire volcanic island

Already hundreds of people have moved to temporary shelters on parts of the island that are not so affected by the ash.

4 May 2018 8:54 AM IST

At least 75 homes most of them in Leilani Estates have been devoured by streams of red-hot molten rock creeping from about two dozen large volcanic vents, or fissures, that have opened in the ground since Kilauea rumbled back to life four weeks ago. (Photo: AP)

Mandatory evacuation ordered as Hawaii eruption hits four-week mark

The mandatory evacuation zone lies within a slightly larger area that was already under a voluntary evacuation and...

1 Jun 2018 9:57 AM IST

Volcan de Fuego killed 69 people when it erupted and rained lava in Guatemala (Photo: Twitter)

Little girl rescued alive from ash covered house after volcanic...

People fear more eruptions after the volcano sprayed ash, gases and rocks at the settlement.

6 Jun 2018 1:45 PM IST

Joseph; (behind) Tangkuban Perahu

Volcano tourist

Fascinated with volcanoes, this adventure junkie travels the world to see them.

2 Sept 2018 12:54 AM IST

What are our MPs really up to now

What are our MPs really up to now

One of the last matters India’s Parliament attends to is legislative business, which should be defining the very...

23 Aug 2013 9:43 PM IST