Thursday, January 27, 2011

Indonesia's Mount Bromo splashes lava to 200 meters high


New York battered by record amount of snow in January


Strong earthquake jolts Iran


Magnitude 5.9 quake rocks New Zealand's Taupo region


Volcano erupts in southern Japan

An aerial view shows Shinmoedake peak erupting between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures January 27, 2011. Ash and rocks fell across a wide swathe of southern Japan straddling the prefectures of Miyazaki and Kagoshima on Thursday, as one of Mount Kirishima's many calderas erupted, prompting authorities to raise alert levels and call on for an evacuation of all residents within 2 km (1.2 miles) radius of the volcano. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)