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Lava from an erupting volcano in a sparsely populated area of DR Congo threatens rare chimpanzees, officials say. Mount Nyamulagira, 25km (16 miles) from the eastern city of Goma, erupted at dawn on Saturday, sending lava into the surrounding Virunga National Park.

The Philippines' most active volcano could have a huge eruption at any time, officials warn after a drastic surge in earthquakes and eerie rumbling sounds.

Philippines authorities Tuesday started evacuating about 50,000 people living around the island nation's most active volcano after it oozed fiery lava and belched clouds of ash.

An international team of scientists is preparing to drill a 2.5-mile hold into the heart of a volcano that's showing signs of life again in Naples, Italy -- alarming some.

Alaska Airlines has suspended all flights into and out of Anchorage, Alaska, due to the mid-morning eruption of Mt. Redoubt.

An Alaska volcano continued to rumble Tuesday amid new concerns that eruptions and mud flows will damage a nearby oil terminal where about 6 million gallons of crude are stored.

Alaska’s Mount Redoubt’s first cluster of eruptions in nearly 20 years sent a volcanic ash plume more than 9 miles into the air and down into nooks and crannies.

Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted five times overnight, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles into the air in the volcano's first emissions in nearly 20 years.

The official alert level has been raised as Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano rumbles again.

TOKYO — A volcano near Tokyo erupted Monday, shooting up billowing smoke and showering parts of the capital with a fine ash that sent some city residents to the car wash and left others puzzled over the white powder they initially mistook for snow.

Mount Asama erupted in the early hours of Monday, belching out a plume that rose about a mile (1.6 kilometers) high, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.