Lava flows from the Piton de la Fournaise volcano on Reunion Island on Friday.
One of the world's most active volcanoes is at it again.
The Piton de la Fournaise volcano on Reunion Island in the western Indian Ocean erupted Thursday evening after several days of increased seismic activity, the island's government said.
The eruption is contained to one of the volcano's calderas, and the lava flow is stable, but public access to the volcano - a main tourist attraction - will be restricted, the local government said in a statement.
The volcano is about 30 miles southeast of the island's capital, Saint Denis. No one was reported to be in danger; a local newspaper, the Journal de l'Ile de la Reunion, reported that the last eruption happened over 10 days in January.
More than 150 eruptions of the volcano have recorded since the 17th century, according to the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program.
Reunion, a department of France, is home to about 784,000 people and lies more than 400 miles east of Madagascar.
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Upsurge in volcanism and tectonic activity: Did the earth move for thee?
Ohh No!!!! 2012 is coming and were all going to DIE!!!!
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The indians/pakistanis are usually the OWNERS.....The whites are the attendants
Insider Trading News ------- Due to a Volcano erupting near India, the price of stock on Beef Jerky and Slurpies doubled in just hours!!!
Reunion Island, while in the Indian Ocean, is a French Province. The people there are FRENCH, not Indian.
*directed at the two above posters.
I am so proud of my fellow American for making such remarks...no wonder the rest of the world hates us...people like you suck!
2012 is coming but if you have accepted Jesus as your savior there is nothing to fear and those of you who push the lets push the fearbutton obviously need to finish reading revelations to get the whole message we are all going to die and not a single 1 of us knows when so try to stifle the fortune telling tendencies that dont amount to a hill of manure
Jesus will save us lol people stil believe in that bs story With all the pain Jesus the imaginary messiah went thru I don't think he's coming back
Has not the end always been near?
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This is probably the safest Volcano in the world. No one is at risk and there were never any casualties because of eruption. The cut the 2012 crap please!
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