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• Volcanic activity may be on the rise

  July 7, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S15 The Chilean Puyehue-Cordon- Caulle volcano was erupting last month and caused numerous flight and travel delays. The volcano is about 550 miles south of Santiago, Chile’s capital. Officials warn that …

• Too early to determine fallout from volcanoes

  November 11, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page N9 Last week, I talked about the increased volcanic eruptions in Indonesia and Russia. Mount Merapi, located on the central Java Island in Indonesia, began erupting on Oct. 26 and continues …

• Recent volcanic activity has scientists thinking

  November 4, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V4 A new series of volcanic eruptions within the last week has many scientists wondering if we’re going toward a new trend of increased volcanic explosions. Indonesia’s Mount Merapi has been …

• Indonesia hit by deadly tsunami, volcanic eruption

  October 26, 2010 in Nation/World A volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles apart in Indonesia — spasms from the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” which spawns disasters from deep within …

• Flights resume in Europe

  April 21, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 LONDON – Europe’s busiest airport reopened Tuesday as air traffic across the continent lurched back to life. But the gridlock created by Iceland’s volcanic ash plume was far from over: …

• Ash fallout cancels MacLean concert

  April 21, 2010 in City on Page A6 Tonight’s scheduled concert at the Bing Crosby Theater by Scottish performer Dougie MacLean has been canceled because of the ongoing fallout from the volcanic eruption in Iceland. With ash from …

• Some air travel to resume

  April 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A10 LONDON — Europe began allowing limited air traffic to resume, giving hope to millions of travelers stranded around the world when ash from a volcano in Iceland choked the jet …

• Planes test gritty skies

    April 19, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 LONDON – Their losses deepening, European airlines on Sunday stepped up pressure to reopen the skies by carrying out passenger-free test flights despite the layer of volcanic ash that kept …

• Volcano’s pall lingering

    April 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 LONDON – The miasma of volcanic ash hovering over Europe showed no sign of dissipating Saturday, keeping thousands of forlorn travelers stranded across the continent for a third day and …

• Volcano spews more ash, spawns wider flight chaos

    April 17, 2010 LONDON (AP) — A lingering volcanic ash plume forced extended no-fly restrictions over much of Europe on Saturday, as scientists warned that activity at a volcano in Iceland had increased … 12

• Some Sea-Tac flights canceled by Iceland volcano

  April 16, 2010 in Region A number of European flights at Sea-Tac Airport have been canceled because of the eruption of a volcano in Iceland. 1

• Ash from Iceland eruption grounds travelers worldwide

    April 16, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 LONDON – An enormous ash cloud from a remote Icelandic volcano caused the biggest flight disruption since the 2001 terrorist attacks Thursday as it drifted over northern Europe and stranded …

• Share your Mount St. Helens memories

  April 15, 2010 in Outdoors, City, Idaho, Region The 30th anniversary of Mount St. Helens’ eruption is approaching. Share your memories and photos with The Spokesman-Review. 6

• No national park for Mount St. Helens, yet

    April 14, 2010 in Region If the U.S. Forest Service wants to hang on to the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, a congressional advisory panel made it plain Tuesday that the agency will have … 3

• Bleak Mount St. Helens provides movie backdrop

  November 24, 2009 in Region With a few cosmetic tweaks, Mount St. Helens provided the right devastation to serve as a backdrop for scenes in John Hillcoat’s film “The Road.” 5

• New sensors monitor Mount St. Helens

  May 18, 2009 in Region Humans aren’t the only ones pondering Mount St. Helens these days. A new “smart” monitoring machine can not only record second-by-second data on the currently slumbering volcano, it can also …

• Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts 5 times

  March 23, 2009 in Region 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.

• La Niña may bring cool spring

  February 26, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page N6 Planet Earth has certainly become more active in recent weeks. There have been a number of volcanic eruptions and moderate earthquakes. Last week, the Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile erupted …

• Eruption rains ash on parts of Tokyo

  February 2, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 TOKYO – A volcano erupted near Tokyo early today, spewing a plume of smoke more than a mile high and raining ash down on parts of the city. There were …

• No large energy bursts coming from Alaska volcano

  February 2, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Groans and steam emanated from Mount Redoubt yet another day, but the volcano showed no dramatic burst of energy, geologists noted Sunday. “It looks like a volcano …

• Scientists monitor signs of activity at Alaska volcano

  February 1, 2009 in City on Page B7 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Geologists on Saturday spotted expanded holes in the glacier that clings to the north side of Alaska’s Mount Redoubt, and rivulets of water streaming down its side, …