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People wait for the ferry to arrive at Santorini on Monday.

Tourists scramble to leave Santorini amid quake fears

Schools have been closed and search and rescue teams have been sent to the Greek island in advance, after more than 200 tremors in three days sparked concern a bigger earthquake is coming.

  • Derek Gatopoulos

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Made, a Bali taxi driver, waiting in the empty international arrivals hall close to midnight on Wednesday.

It was a sad night at Bali’s airport, but good news is in the air

The airlines had no answers: people stuck in Bali had to find a hotel or get comfortable at the airport.

  • Amilia Rosa and Zach Hope
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki spews volcanic materials during an eruption, in East Flores, Indonesia.

Volcanic eruption grounds Bali flights, leaving travellers stranded

Airlines have cancelled dozens of flights, leaving passengers stranded at airports in Australia and Indonesia.

  • Gemma Grant, Amilia Rosa, Zach Hope and Riley Walter
The sky glows from the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on Monday.

Nuns among the victims of volcanic eruption that burnt houses, convent

Volcanic material was thrown up to 6km from the crater of Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, blanketing nearby villages with debris and setting fire to buildings.

  • Jakobus Herin
View of the lava fountains pouring out from the new eruptive fissure opened at Svartsengi volcanic system, Iceland, this week. The fissure is 3km north of Grindavik.

Spectacular Iceland volcano eruption raises pollution fears

Fountains of glowing molten rock shot into the night sky when the volcano first erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula.

  • Isabelle Yr Carlsson and Tom Little
Antarctic wildlife

Sunburnt seals and penguins? Antarctica’s ozone layer the worst it’s been since 1970s

Seal pups and fledgling penguins could suffer sunburn and skin cancer, and it’s all down to volcanoes and bushfires.

  • Bianca Hall
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Northern lights visible over the Icelandic volcano.

Timelapse shows Icelandic volcano erupting amid northern lights

A rare spectacle was documented in the Nordic country, which has experienced a series of volcano eruptions that prompted the declaration of a state of emergency. 

Onlookers watch the volcanic activity in Iceland from a distance on Saturday night.

Is this just a fiery thrill or another disaster waiting to happen?

We take a gamble with volcano tourism. The obvious lava and ash aren’t the only dangers.

  • Brian Johnston
Lava erupting from a volcano in Iceland on Saturday.

Four eruptions in three months: Iceland volcano’s latest blast is the most powerful yet

After weeks of warnings, lava is spewing into the air in Iceland again as a volcano just south of the nation’s capital erupted for the fourth time since December.

A view of lava crossing the main road to Grindavík and flowing on the road leading to the Blue Lagoon, in Grindavík, Iceland.

Iceland volcano erupts again as lava fountains disrupt heating and roads

Bright orange molten rock spewed from cracks in the ground in the Reykjanes peninsula and lava crossed a road near the Blue Lagoon.

  • Frank Nieuwenhuis and Stine Jacobsen

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