SYDNEY (Reuters) - More than 6,000 people have been moved to emergency shelters on Vanuatu's northern island Ambae in the South Pacific as a volcano threatens to erupt, officials said on Tuesday. The ...

TANNA ISLAND, Vanuatu (AP) — It’s constantly hissing, fussing and belching, but every half hour or so Yasur volcano sends up a tremendous spurt of lava and a boom so loud it is deafening on the crater ...

After a somewhat frenzied exit from the island of Ambae, officials are trying to ensure residents' return trips are orderly. Nearly one month after an entire island was evacuated over concerns of a ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia dispatched a naval vessel to Vanuatu on Saturday to help the South Pacific nation evacuate all 11,000 inhabitants from the northern island of Ambae as an erupting volcano ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A rumbling, belching volcano that's threatening to blow had forced more than 7,000 people to flee their homes by Wednesday on an island in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu.

The mass evacuation of a volcano-threatened Vanuatu island is running ahead of schedule as a ramshackle armada of civilian boats ferries people to safety, officials said Monday. The entire 11,000 ...

Cameraman aims for rare lava lake at Mt. Marum Volcano. Oct. 27, 2011— -- Getting there was enough of an adventure. "Put that [expletive] camera away," our helicopter pilot, Phil Cotter, shouted ...

AMBAE ISLAND, Vanuatu (AP) -- The eruption of a South Pacific volcano eased slightly Friday, and thousands of villagers who fled to temporary evacuation centers returned to their deserted gardens for ...

After 19 years of silence, an underwater volcano erupted off the coast of Vanuatu, officials said. Photos show the explosive, ash-filled scene. A submarine volcano off the east coast of Epi island ...

PORT VILA, Vanuatu — A volcano on Vanuatu’s Ambae island blasted steam, gas and ash Wednesday, forcing thousands to evacuate, and medical teams stood ready in case of a major eruption. A “red zone” ...

TANNA ISLAND, Vanuatu — It’s constantly hissing, fussing and belching, but every half hour or so Yasur volcano sends up a tremendous spurt of lava and a boom so loud it is deafening on the crater rim ...