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Colossal Volcanic Eruption Spews 63,000-Foot Toxic Ash Cloud, Prompting Urgent Emergency Alerts
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki Erupts, Spewing Massive Ash Cloud (Include photo: Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupting, ash plume towering over Flores Island. Caption: A 63,000-foot ash column erupts from Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, July 7, 2025. Credit: Indonesia’s Geological Agency.) Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 5,197-foot volcano on Flores Island, erupted violently on July 7, 2025, belching […]
UK Ash Trees Develop Resilience, Offering Hope Against Ash Dieback Devastation
Britain’s Ash Trees Evolve Resistance to Deadly Fungus, Offering Hope Britain’s ash trees are fighting back against the devastating ash dieback disease through natural selection, scientists report. The fungal infection, which arrived in the UK in 2012, has killed millions of trees, leaving skeletal remains across woodlands. However, a study reveals that younger ash trees […]
Title: Leslie Ash, 65, Uses Pink Walking Stick at Lido Festival’s Charli XCX Headline Show Following Health Update
Leslie Ash Defies Odds with Pink Walking Stick at Eco-Friendly Festival [Image: Leslie Ash at Lido Festival with pink walking stick] Leslie Ash, 65, made a spirited appearance at London’s Lido Festival this weekend, sporting a pink walking stick and a casual ensemble. The Men Behaving Badly star, who nearly lost her ability to walk […]
Satellite Images Capture Mount Etna Spewing 4-Mile Ash Plume as Tourists Flee Eruption
Mount Etna Erupts: Tourists Flee as Ash and Lava Engulf Sicily Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna, unleashed a dramatic eruption on June 3, sending tourists scrambling to safety and spewing a colossal ash plume four miles (6.5 km) into the sky. Satellite images from Copernicus Sentinel-2C captured the eruption’s immediate aftermath, revealing pyroclastic flows […]
Ash Wednesday Cross Ritual Leaves Churchgoers with Mysterious Forehead Burns
Mysterious Ash Wednesday Burns Leave Brazilian Couple with Forehead Marks A Brazilian couple, Sara Heloísa Sousa and Luan Jackson, received unexpected burns on their foreheads after an Ash Wednesday ceremony in Carnaúba dos Dantas on March 5. The pair attended a service at the Parish of São José, where ashes from burned palm leaves—a Lenten […]