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| First Eruption in Known History of Dormant Kadovar Volcano Prompts Evacuations
Sign of things to come in 2018? Via RT: A dormant volcano on Kadovar Island, northeast of Papua New Guinea, has erupted for the first time in known history, with a large plume of ash rising 2.1km above sea level, forcing the evacuation of over 500 residents. The 365-meter (1,197-ft) volcano started erupting on Friday, the Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Center said. The eruption could become explosive, domestic online media Loop PNG quoted the Rabaul Volcanological Observatory (RVO) as saying. "Due to the steepness of the island, landslides are possible, and together with the explosive nature of the magma, tsunamis may be generated. Due to the size of the island, any activity will impact the local population," it said on Sunday. Footage of the eruption, taken from an airplane, showed gigantic grey and white plumes of ash billowing in the sky from the crater. "It's just a continuous emission of volcanic ash at the moment," Cheyne