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Pavlof Volcano Eruption Ongoing, Ash Up to 22K Ft.
Channel 2 NewsA remote Alaska volcano continues to erupt steam, lava, and ash. Officials at the Alaska Volcano Observatory say Pavlof came back to life on May 13 and it continues to spew lava and send massive ash plumes more than 20-thousand feet into the sky....Tags: National Weather Service, Landforms, Science and Technology, Volcanic Eruptions, Air Transportation Industry
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Pavlof Volcano Continues to Erupt With Lava, Ash
Channel 2 NewsA remote Alaska volcano continues to erupt, spewing lava and ash clouds. The Alaska Volcano Observatory said Thursday a continuous cloud of ash, steam and gas from Pavlof Volcano has been seen 20,000 feet above sea level. The cloud was moving to the...Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Research, Landforms, Science and Technology, Volcanic Eruptions
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Ash Plumes Rise from Pavlof Volcano
Steam and ash clouds are occasionally rising to 20,000 feet from an active Alaska volcano. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says in a release that an ash plume was reported rising from Pavlof Volcano on Tuesday evening at about 15,000 feet. It extended...
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Budget Cuts Threaten Real-Time Tracking Of Active Alaska Volcanoes
Channel 2 NewsSome volcanoes here in Alaska have been rumbling lately, but federal budget cuts may mean less real-time monitoring of those eruptions. Since 2008, the Alaska Volcano Observatory’s budget has been cut nearly in half, from 8-million dollars to just...Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Government Debt, Landforms, Science and Technology, Budgets and Budgeting
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Minor Lava Flows Detected on 2 Alaska Volcanoes
Scientists say small lava flows have been detected on two restless volcanoes in Alaska. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says satellite images show the lava partly down a flank of Pavlof Volcano Tuesday in a low-level eruption 625 miles southwest of...
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Alert Level Raised for Volcano near Cold Bay
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Volcano Observatory has raised the alert level of an Alaska Peninsula volcano near the village of Cold Bay, in response to seismic readings and heat spikes. In a Monday statement, AVO officials say the Pavlof Volcano’s alert level is...Tags: Landforms
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Low-Level Eruption Continues at Alaska's Cleveland Volcano
Channel 2 NewsCleveland Volcano in southwest Alaska is continuing a low-level eruption that began early Saturday. However, scientists said Monday that the volcanic explosions on a remote, uninhabited island 940 miles southwest of Anchorage appear to be waning....Tags: Landforms, Volcanic Eruptions
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Low-Level Eruption at Alaska's Cleveland Volcano
STORY UPDATED AT 8:25 p.m. at 5/4/13: Scientists say Alaska's Cleveland Volcano is undergoing a continuous low-level eruption. The activity began with an explosion early Saturday morning, followed by two other explosions hours later. ...
Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Bodies of Water, Emergency Incidents, Landforms, Federal Aviation Administration
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Alaska Volcano Monitors Say Budget Cuts Hurt Watch
Scientists who monitor Alaska's volcanoes say ongoing federal budget cuts have severely hampered the maintenance of an aging seismic network, including the shutdown announced Friday of even more equipment. Geophysicist Jeff Freymueller at the...
Tags: Landforms, Government Debt, Science and Technology, Budgets and Budgeting
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AVO Downgrades Cleveland Volcano Alert Level
The Alaska Volcano Observatory is downgrading the alert level for Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands. The observatory on Jan. 24 detected elevated surface temperatures at the volcano 940 miles southwest of Anchorage, and later through satellite...
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Dome Grows at Cleveland Volcano in Aleutians
The Associated PressAn Aleutians Island volcano that has sent up major ash eruptions in the past is heating up near its summit. Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory say satellite data obtained a week ago indicates a lava dome is growing on Cleveland Volcano. The...Tags: Research, Landforms, Science and Technology
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Mount Cleveland: Alert Level Raised for Alaska Volcano
Channel 2 NewsThe alert level for a remote volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands has been raised after a small ash cloud was detected. Geophysicist Rick Wessels at the Alaska Volcano Observatory said Monday no further emissions have been released from Cleveland...Tags: Research, Landforms, Science and Technology
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