An underwater volcano erupted near the island of Vanuatu Wednesday, causing a massive explosion of ash to rise from the sea just off the South Pacific nation’s coast. The Vanuatu Meteorology and ...

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A submarine volcano off the east coast of Epi island began erupting just before 8 a.m. local time Wednesday, Feb. 1, the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department said in a news release.

A volcanic island chain that forms a Y-shape, Vanuatu is located about a quarter of the way from Australia to Hawaii. It’s made up of more than 80 islands, about 65 of which are inhabited. Its ...

Residents of Ambae, in Vanuatu, are beginning to return home this week. In this photo from Oct. 1, that was provided by the Vanuatu Meteorological and GeoHazards Department, the volcanic cone is ...

A submarine volcano off the east coast of Epi island began erupting just before 8 a.m. local time Wednesday, Feb. 1, the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department said in a news release.

Vanuatu volcano Vanuatu’s Ambae island hasn’t been evacuated on this scale since an alert in 2005, Minister of Land and Natural Resources Ralph Regenvanu told CNN. Most of the island’s ...

The alert level is at 4, the second highest on the scale. “Ambae volcano is in an ongoing moderate eruption state,” a statement from Vanuatu Meteorology and Geohazards Department said.

Google "We believe that the volcanoes Marum and Benbow are devils," Chief Moses, from local visit Endu, said in a statement. "If you go up to a volcano you have to be very careful because the two ...