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A volcano has erupted on Jazirt Atta-Ir island, about 140 kilometres off the coast of Yemen, spewing lava and ash hundreds of feet into the air. Ken Allan, a Navy spokesman, said a NATO fleet just outside the territorial waters of the island Jazirt Atta-Ir reported seeing a "catastrophic volcanic eruption" at 7 p.m. local time. "At this time, the entire island is aglow with lava and magma as it pours down into the sea. We do not have confirmation of how many people were on this island at the time of the eruption," Allan said."The lava is spewing hundreds of feet into the air, with the volcanic ash also (rising) a thousand feet in the air," Allan said.
Yemen’s Oil Minister Khaled Mahfoudh Bahah said several earthquakes were felt on the island on Sunday which triggered the Yemen Volcano eruption.
The Yemen Volcano eruption occurred happens after some Indonesian scientists stepped up the alert level for a volcano in East Java and told people to stay away from the crater amid fears it is building up to an eruption.
Even though this is not related to the Yemen Volcano it is just weird.
The alert for Mount Kelut was raised to the third of a four-level warning system, the vulcanology office website was quoted by AFP as saying Sunday.
The Canadian Armed Forces said they are trying to locate nine people believed to be at sea after the Yemen coast guard requested help.
The NATO fleet was sailing toward the Suez Canal when it spotted the eruption. The government of Yemen asked NATO to assist in the search for survivors and the closet ship, the HMCS Toronto, is heading toward the island.
Yemen is a poor tribal Sunni Muslim country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
The Yemen Volcano eruption occurred happens after some Indonesian scientists stepped up the alert level for a volcano in East Java and told people to stay away from the crater amid fears it is building up to an eruption.
Even though this is not related to the Yemen Volcano it is just weird.
The alert for Mount Kelut was raised to the third of a four-level warning system, the vulcanology office website was quoted by AFP as saying Sunday.
The Canadian Armed Forces said they are trying to locate nine people believed to be at sea after the Yemen coast guard requested help.
The NATO fleet was sailing toward the Suez Canal when it spotted the eruption. The government of Yemen asked NATO to assist in the search for survivors and the closet ship, the HMCS Toronto, is heading toward the island.
Yemen is a poor tribal Sunni Muslim country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
