New Zealand: Mount Tongariro Erupts For First Time In Over 100 Years


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Ash covering the ground on Tuesday after Mount Tongariro erupted overnight in Turangi, New Zealand.

Tongariro volcanic alert maintained (New Zealand Herald, Aug 7, 2012):

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– Mt Tongariro erupted at 11.50pm last night, hurling rocks up to 1km.

– Ash cloud drifting to the east of Tongariro, landing as far as Napier city

– SH1 and SH46 have reopened. Flights to and from Napier cancelled, while other North Island services have been delayed.

– GNS: It was a hydrothermal-driven eruption, rather the magmatic

– It was the first eruption in more than a century

– Turoa and Whakapapa skifields remain open

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