Volcanoes Erupt in Alaska and Tonga

Posted by NG Kids in News Bites on March 25, 2009

Alaska’s Mount Redoubt erupted six times between Sunday night and Saturday morning, sending an ash cloud 9.5 miles (15 kilometers) into the air! The eruptions also caused small earthquakes and mudflows. The volcano could keep erupting for days… weeks… or even months!

Mount Redoubt wasn’t the only recent volcano eruption. An undersea volcano in Tonga also erupted last week. Tonga is an archipelago (group of islands) in the Pacific Ocean. The eruption has sent up ash, smoke, and steam. Underwater volcanoes can build islands as the magma builds up–that’s how the Hawaiian Islands were formed.

Read more about the Mount Redoubt eruptions and see pictures on National Geographic News.

Read about the Tonga eruption on National Geographic News.

See photos of volcanoes in the Photo Gallery!

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Comments

  1. esteban95
    March 26, 2009, 9:29 pm

    that is really scary since my mom is from a country sort-of close to there,the Philippines.

  2. grabbyfriu
    March 29, 2009, 10:41 am

    Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, OW!!!!!

  3. gilly
    March 31, 2009, 12:31 pm

    grabbyfriu i have to agree with you

  4. corabug11
    April 24, 2010, 5:11 pm

    the volcano that erupted in alaska was close to anchorage and my family and I live in Fairbanks which is three hours away from anchorage!

  5. princessgirl45
    January 21, 2012, 8:15 am

    corabug11 i hope nothing will happen to u u should move away from that place keep safe

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