Mexico's majestic Popocatepetl volcano erupted early on Tuesday morning, in a dramatic show of ash, water vapour and gas under a canopy of stars. The dramatic eruption at 5:43 am local time (1143 GMT) spewed ash followed by incandescent rock.

Mexico's mighty Popo volcano blows under starry night sky

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A volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupted on Wednesday (July 3), releasing hot trapped magma in a powerful explosion, killing one person and enveloping the popular tourist destination in ash, witnesses and local officials said.

Volcano erupts on Italian island of Stromboli, kills one person

A volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupted on Wednesday, releasing hot trapped magma in a powerful explosion, killing one person. Watch this video to know more.

Italy: Volcano eruption kills one hiker

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Indonesia on Thursday raised the danger alert level for a volcano that sparked a killer tsunami at the weekend, after previously warning that fresh activity at the crater threatened to trigger another deadly wave.

Indonesia hikes danger level for deadly tsunami volcano, flights redirected away from area

The tsunami in Indonesia killed at least 373 people and injured more than 1,400 on the islands of Java and Sumatra, an official said on Monday. "1,459 people are injured, while 128 remain missing," Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency, said in a statement.

Indonesia tsunami: Death toll rises to 373, several still missing

Indonesia’s disaster agency said 43 people were dead and another 584 injured after a tsunami struck coastal areas around the Sunda Strait between the islands of Sumatra and Java on Saturday night.

At least 43 killed, 584 injured after 'volcano tsunami' hits Indonesia

Guatemalan authorities declared a red alert and evacuated around 4,000 people Monday after the Fuego volcano erupted for the fifth time this year, sending bursts of ash and lava down the mountain before its activity decreased.

Thousands evacuated as Guatemala volcano erupts, then eases

Guatemalan authorities on Monday declared a red alert after the Fuego volcano erupted again, forcing about 3,000 residents to flee. A fiery glow rose from the crater of Fuego which is erupting for the fifth time this year, one month after the last one and following a June 3 rain of rocks, ash and toxic gases that left almost 200 people dead and 235 missing.

Red alert after Guatemala volcano erupts again, 3,000 flee

At least 110 people died after Fuego erupted last Sunday, pushing fast-moving currents of dust, lava and gas down the volcano's slopes in its greatest eruption in four decades, and close to 200 more are believed buried beneath the waste

In Guatemala, woman searches for 50 relatives buried by volcano

Kim said Kilauea, one of five volcanoes on the Big Island, formally known as the Island of Hawaii, has never destroyed so many homes before in such a short period of time

Rivers of lava destroyed 600 homes in Hawaii's Big Island: Mayor

The death toll from Fuego's most violent eruption in four decades has been gradually rising and now stands at 109

Guatemala warns of falling ash as volcanic activity picks up

Explosions boomed from Guatemala's fearsome Fuego volcano Wednesday, unleashing fresh torrents of molten mud and ash down slopes, as the death toll from a previous eruption rose to at least 99

Death toll rises to 99 in Guatemala's volcanic eruption

More than 70 deaths have been reported since the Volcan de Fuego (Volcano of Fire) erupted on Sunday

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The 3,763-metre volcano erupted early Sunday, spewing out towering plumes of ash and a hail of fiery rock fragments with scalding mud.

Guatemala volcano eruption: Nearly 200 missing as death toll rises to 73

Ignacio Lopez was filmed covered in dust and carrying a large sack on his shoulder, which he said he used to save a few of his belongings. He was also carrying his pet dog in his arms

Guatemala man returns to volcano-hit village to rescue dog

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The death toll in the eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano rose to 62 today as rescue workers recovered more bodies from devastated villages.

Guatemala volcano eruption: 69 dead and hundreds injured as lava surge sweeps through villages

A tide of molten rock turned a Hawaii street into a volcanic wasteland on Friday as the number of homes destroyed by the erupting Kilauea volcano soared and authorities told residents to flee a surge of lava heading towards them

Hawaii street swallowed by 'lava tide' as many more homes burn

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