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3 Eruptions at Alaska Volcano

Mar. 23, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano has begun erupting.
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Scientists confident in Redoubt tracking

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Scientists at volcano monitoring stations in Alaska say they are confident in their abilities to track volcanic activity at the active Redoubt Volcano.

Alaskan volcano about to erupt

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Alaska's 10,200-foot Mount Redoubt Volcano, located about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, could erupt at any time, geologists say.

Scientists: Alaskan volcano ready to erupt

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Mount Redoubt in Alaska has been showing signs of increased activity that could mean the volcano may soon erupt, scientists said Friday.

Alaska's Mount Redoubt rumbles

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The Alaskan Volcano Observatory says Mount Redoubt is rumbling and an eruption of the 10,917-foot peak could occur within days.

Alaska volcano erupts prompting red alert

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 21 (UPI) -- Officials issued a red alert for pilots following the strengthening of an ongoing eruption of the Aleutian Islands' Okmok Volcano.

Alaskan volcano is active and oozing magma

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 16 (UPI) -- Scientists say Alaska's Augustine Volcano has started oozing lava and is exhibiting less-explosive activity than it did earlier this year.

Alaska volcano eruptions ground flights

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Alaska Airlines has canceled all flights to and from Anchorage because of activity at the Augustine volcano, about 180 miles southwest of Anchorage. The carrier's senior vice president for Alaskan operations, Bill McKay, said 36 flights were canceled as a

Alaskan volcano sends ash plume high

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Alaska's Augustine Volcano erupted again Tuesday for about five minutes, sending a plume of ash nine miles into the air. The eruption occurred at 7:58 a.m. prompting the National Weather Service to issue an ash fall advisory for communities along the sout

More eruptions from Alaskan volcano

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- A volcano in Alaska's Cook Inlet erupted several times Friday and early Saturday, sending clouds of ash thousands of feet in the air.

Alaska volcano erupts again

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The Augustine Volcano erupted twice Friday morning, once shortly before 4 a.m. local time and again just before 9 a.m.
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