Volcano

Exploring the Canary Islands, from ancient lava landscapes to hidden Jewish echoes - review

The ship docked in Santa Cruz, a city painted in the faded palette of dreams: mustard yellows, sea blues, and sun-washed pinks. Every balcony seemed to lean forward in curiosity.

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THE SUMMIT of Mount Teide
A satellite image shows ash rising from the eruption of the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia as it drifts over the Red Sea, November 23, 2025.

Volcano erupts in Ethiopia for first time in recorded history, forces several flights cancellations

The ash had blanketed parts of Pakistan and northern India on Tuesday after crossing Yemen and Oman, according to tracking website Flightradar24, and was moving towards China.

|ByREUTERS
A view of the mountaintop ruins of Ancient Thera from Mt. Elias.

Radiocarbon breakthroughs place Thera mega-eruption before Egypt's new kingdom

Researchers from Ben-Gurion University and Groningen report in PLOS One that the volcanic ash layers predate the Eighteenth Dynasty, extending the Second Intermediate Period.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iran’s “zombie” volcano. Mount Taftan.

Iran’s ‘zombie’ volcano awakens, according to researchers

"At some point, it will have to release this pressure—either violently or gently," says volcanologist Pablo González.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli team using special enzyme to treat volcano burns in Guatemala

Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted on June 3, killing and wounding dozens.

JUNE 10, 2018ByHERB KEINON
THE ISRAELI medical team in Guatemala treats a patient after volcano erupts

Israeli team rush to Guatemala to help volcano victims

The team was dispatched at the bidding of the Prime Minister’s Office after it received a request for help from the president of Guatemala, Jimmy Morales Cabrera.

JUNE 7, 2018ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Residents are seen amidst ashes as heavy machinery removes ash from a road at an area affected by the eruption of the Fuego volcano at El Rodeo in Escuintla, Guatemala June 6, 2018. Picture taken June 6, 2018.

Guatemala's Fuego volcano eruption kills 25, injures hundreds

"It's a river of lava... There are injured, burned and dead people," - A national disaster management agency employee is among the dead.

JUNE 4, 2018ByREUTERS
Fuego volcano is seen after a violent eruption, in San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala June 3, 2018.