An Alaska volcano
spewing ash and lava for the past six weeks erupted with new intensity early on
Tuesday, belching a plume of cinders 5 miles into sky and onto a nearby town
and disrupting local flights, officials said.
The eruptions from
Pavlof Volcano, on the Alaska Peninsula 590 miles southwest of Anchorage, were
its most powerful since its current eruptive phase began with low-level
rumblings in mid-May, according to scientists at the federal-state Alaska
Volcano Observatory.
