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Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupted Saturday, sending an avalanche of gas clouds and lava onto the surrounding villages. The Associated Press reports the head of Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center confirmed the eruption resulted in the biggest lava flow from Mount Merapi since 2020. In addition, it was the volcano’s most powerful eruption since 1930, when about 1,300 […]
The mountain range-mimicking chocolate bar Toblerone will no longer be allowed to claim its “Swiss-made” status due to a change of location in production. Previously situated in Bern, parent company Mondelez International will move a portion of its production in Q3 of 2023 to the Slovakian capital of Bratislava. According to CNN, the triangle-shaped breakable delight will officially lose its well-known Matterhorn […]
Over the weekend, an American tourist fell into the crater of Mount Vesuvius, an active volcano in Italy, while trying to take a selfie. NBC News reports the 23-year-old Baltimore man, identified as Philip Carroll, was visiting the volcano, which is located near Naples and is infamous for an eruption in A.D. 79 that destroyed the Roman […]
Harry Shimmin was among a group of 10 hikers on a guided tour of the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan when he captured video of a fast approaching ice avalanche that eventually swept over him. Shimmin shared the footage on Instagram Monday, explaining that he and the group had just reached the highest point of their trek […]
Seven bodies were located following a helicopter crash in a mountainous area of Italy, the Associated Press reports. The bodies were found after a mountain runner said he saw what looked to be part of a helicopter while on Mount Cusna on Saturday morning. Air crews then went to the scene and located the first five […]
A Montana man’s body was found following an apparent grizzly bear attack on a hike, per NBC News. The body of 40-year-old Craig Clouatre was found after a search and rescue team took to the Absaroka Mountains, where the Livingston man had gone missing north of Yellowstone National Park on Wednesday. The search began Wednesday, when a horseback and helicopter team aided in […]
A backcountry skier in Colorado died after being buried by an avalanche on Christmas Eve, CNN reports. The unnamed skier was on South Diamond Peak near Cameron Pass in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains when a 150 foot-wide avalanche came down around 2 p.m. local time on the peak’s southeast end, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center shared in a release. “The victim’s partner was able to […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets A hiker who got lost for 24 hours on a mountain in Colorado earlier this month explained that they […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets After two years of tracking an elk that was spotted with a tire around its neck, Colorado Park and […]
A climber who was descending Mount Hood in Oregon fell 500 feet to his death this weekend. The 63-year-old, whose name was not shared by authorities, was climbing the mountain with his adult son on Sunday during “an unusually busy weekend for climbing” at the volcano when he fell from an elevation of 10,500 feet around 9 a.m., the Clackamas […]
