Only a few days left in 2011 and plenty of volcano news continues to roll in:
If you missed the NASA Earth Observatory image of the new island forming in the Red Sea off Yemen, be sure to check it out. It is the first clear evidence that we likely had both submarine and subaerial eruptions as new land emerged between Haycock and Rugged Islands in the Zubair Group.
There has been a lot of news out of Indonesia as a number of volcanoes have been seeing an uptick in activity. First off, Lokon-Empung produced another moderate eruption with a 3.5 km / 11,500 plume and loud explosions. There were no apparent casualties from the activity, but over 5,000 people were evacuated. Meanwhile, heavy rains remobilized material erupted from Gamalama to generate lahars that swept down the river valleys around the volcano. These lahars did kill at least 4 people ...
