One of the biggest volcano in Alaska erupted Ridaut tip and discard ash clouds up to 15 km altitude, AP reported. The volcano has not been active since 1990 high is 3108 meters and is located 150 miles from Anchorage city whose population is 280,000 people. Currently there is no evidence of damage. The airline "Alaska Airlines" but said it canceled 19 flights to and from the airport in Anchorage because of discarded ash at altitude.
11 people were injured in the collision of freight and passenger train in Austria. The incident occurred near the station Krittsendorf, SITA reported. The passenger train was traveling toward Vienna. Following the collision of three car freight train loaded in coal have derailed. Victims were taken to nearby hospitals.
An earthquake of magnitude 5. 4 on the Richter scale was registered in the Indian Ocean near the Indonesian island. Sumatra, ITAR-TASS. No reports of casualties and destruction. Authorities reported that there is no danger of tsunami. The quake's epicenter was at a depth of 36 km beneath the sea, 76 km from o.
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6. 0 degrees was recorded near the Japanese coast early Friday morning local time, said the American Institute of Geophysics. There are currently no reports of damage or casualties from a powerful earthquake, AFP reported.
Earthquake 5. 8 on the Richter scale was registered in the territory of Peru, reported CNN. The quake's epicenter was 87 kilometers down. southwest of Piura and 680 km. southwest of the capital Quito. The earthquake was 15 km. depth. At present no injuries or material damage.
The leader of the Turkish far-right Party of Great Unity Muhsin Yazadzhoglu more than a day kept missing after his helicopter on Wednesday crashed in the province of Sivas, Anatolia news agency reported. The helicopter, which also Yazadzhoglu have found five other people crashed in the countryside, which is a party leader in parliament.
At least 58 people drowned after the collapse of a dam on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital Jakarta. After heavy rains in the country water is flooded densely populated neighborhood in the city. Dam was cracked at night while most people were sleeping, SITA reported.
Italian coast guards with police rescued a ship carrying 222 illegal immigrants, AFP reported. Among the arrested are 43 women and 3 out children. Illegal immigrants are now in a refugee center on the island.