Volcanoes
Residents leave Goma, Congo, by boat on Lake Kivu Thursday, May 27, 2021, five days after Mount Nyiragongo erupted. Evacuation orders were given for most of the town, fearing further eruptions and tremors. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Thousands evacuate Congo's Goma amid renewed volcano threat

By Justin Kabumba Katumwa And Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro May. 27, 2021 01:04 PM EDT

Lava from the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo cuts through Buhene north of Goma, Congo Monday, May 24, 2021. Residents returned to destroyed homes and searched for missing loved ones on the outskirts of Goma as officials called for vigilance amid small tremors after the large volcano erupted Saturday May 22, 2021 .  Mount Nyiragongo sent torrents of lava into villages after dark with little warning, leaving at least 15 people dead amid the chaos and destroying more than 500 homes. (AP Photo/Justin Kabumba)
Death toll from Congo volcano eruption rises to at least 32

By Jean-Yves Kamale May. 24, 2021 11:30 AM EDT

Lava flows from an eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Thursday, May 13, 2021. The glow from the bubbling hot lava spewing out of the Fagradalsfjall volcano can be seen from the outskirts of Iceland's capital, Reykjavík, which is about 32 kilometers (20 miles) away. Pandemic or no pandemic, the world will never stand still. That's perhaps no clearer than in Iceland where the Fagradalsfjall volcano has awoken from a slumber that has lasted 6,000 years, give or take a year or two. (AP Photo/Miguel Morenatti)
AP PHOTOS: Icelandic volcanic eruption a 'wonder of nature'

May. 16, 2021 02:21 AM EDT

Mourners take the body of Khudair Ali, a coronavirus patient who died in a hospital fire, during his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 25, 2021. Iraq's Interior Ministry said Sunday that over 80 people died and over 100 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients in the early morning Sunday. (AP/Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Death toll in fire at Iraqi COVID-19 hospital surpasses 80

By Samya Kullab Apr. 25, 2021 04:56 AM EDT

In this 1902 photo provided by York Museums Trust, residents stand alongside a herd of goats in Georgetown, St. Vincent, in the aftermath of explosive eruptions of La Soufrière volcano. In 1902, the warnings of the fish sellers who experienced the volcano up close , were at first dismissed. (Tempest Anderson/York Museums Trust via AP)
Once again, volcanic Caribbean island looks to recovery

By Christopher Torchia Apr. 17, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

British, Canadian and U.S. nationals line up alongside the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Reflection to be evacuated free of charge, in Kingstown on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, Friday, April 16, 2021. La Soufriere volcano has shot out another explosive burst of gas and ash Friday morning as the cruise ship arrived to evacuate some of the foreigners who had been stuck on a St. Vincent island by a week of violent eruptions. (AP Photo/Orvil Samuel)
New blast at St. Vincent volcano; cruise ship helps evacuees

By Kristin Deane Apr. 16, 2021 01:15 PM EDT

A woman and a girl walk wearing protective head coverings walk on a street covered with volcanic ash a day after the La Soufriere volcano erupted, in Kingstown, on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, Saturday, April 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Lucanus Ollivierre)
St Vincent fears COVID-19 outbreak with volcano evacuations

By Kristin Deane And Dánica Coto Apr. 15, 2021 11:18 AM EDT

A rooster and a hen walk on the ash-covered main Black Rock road, from the St. Vincent eruption of La Soufriere volcano, on the outskirts of Bridgetown, Barbados, Sunday, April 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Brandis)
'Huge' explosion rocks St. Vincent as volcano keeps erupting

By Kristin Deane And Dánica Coto Apr. 12, 2021 08:10 AM EDT

A woman and a girl walk wearing protective head coverings walk on a street covered with volcanic ash a day after the La Soufriere volcano erupted, in Kingstown, on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, Saturday, April 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Lucanus Ollivierre)
Ash-covered St. Vincent braces for more volcanic eruptions

By Kristin Deane And Dánica Coto Apr. 09, 2021 11:59 PM EDT

St. Vincent to evacuate thousands under volcano threat

By Dánica Coto Apr. 09, 2021 12:05 AM EDT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Empty cruise ships were scheduled to arrive Friday at the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent to help transport thousands of...

Plumes of ash rise from the La Soufriere volcano as it erupts on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, as seen from Chateaubelair, Friday, April 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Orvil Samuel)
Explosive eruption rocks volcano on Caribbean's St. Vincent

By Dánica Coto Apr. 08, 2021 08:47 PM EDT

Soldiers sweep volcanic ash from the runway at La Aurora International airport, which has been closed due to an eruption at the Pacaya volcano in Guatemala City, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
US officials postpone visit to Guatemala because of volcano

Mar. 24, 2021 03:08 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2021, file photo, Michael Murphy, a consultant serving as interim Clark County coroner, gives a tour of a refrigerated trailer at the coroner's office in Las Vegas. As in other cities, some overwhelmed funeral homes have used refrigerated trailers to hold the dead, Murphy said. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Viral Vegas: Deaths jump, tourism slumps amid long pandemic

By Ken Ritter Feb. 12, 2021 11:15 AM EST

Ana Castillo trades 4 pounds of a cereal mix for a sociology book delivered by Bonifaz Diaz in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. By bringing the books-for-food barter program directly to people’s homes, Diaz is ensuring that donations keep flowing to fight the hunger crisis as many people stay home as much as possible to avoid catching or spreading the new coronavirus. (Henning Sac via AP)
Guatemalan fights hunger with book-for-food barters by bike

By Giovanna Dell'orto Feb. 02, 2021 10:07 AM EST

Clouds hang over the Vesuvius volcano, background, as a woman walks in the Forum of the archeological site of Pompeii, southern Italy, during the inauguration of the museum Antiquarium, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Decades after suffering bombing and earthquake damage, Pompeii's museum is back in business, showing off exquisite finds from excavations of the ancient Roman city. Officials of the archaeological park of the ruins of the city destroyed in 79 A.D. by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius inaugurated the museum on Monday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pompeii's museum comes back to life to display amazing finds

Jan. 25, 2021 12:38 PM EST

The casts of what are believed to have been a rich man and his male slave fleeing the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago, are seen in what was an elegant villa on the outskirts of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii destroyed by the eruption in 79 A.D., where they were discovered during recents excavations, Pompeii archaeological park officials said Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. (Parco Archeologico di Pompei via AP)
Bodies of man and his slave unearthed from ashes at Pompeii

By Frances D'emilio Nov. 21, 2020 10:05 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Sep. 09, 2020 03:18 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ Sept. 8 The Daytona Beach News-Journal on local...

The Mirage joins Vegas hotels open after coronavirus hiatus

Aug. 27, 2020 01:09 PM EDT
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Another iconic Las Vegas Strip resort has joined casinos that have reopened since being closed in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. ...

Mark Lazarus, the president and owner of Lazarus Entertainment Group, poses for a picture, Thursday, July 9, 2020, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Businesses in beach communities and mountain getaways up and down the East Coast are fretting about a shortage of workers as the summer season picks up steam. The concern comes after the Trump administration announced in June that it was extending a ban on green cards and adding many temporary visas to the freeze, including J-1 cultural exchange visas and H-2B visas. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
As beach towns open, businesses are short foreign workers

By Michael Casey Jul. 12, 2020 01:02 AM EDT

Philippine villagers brace as volcano grows restive

Jun. 24, 2020 07:29 AM EDT
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine villagers near a restive volcano on a central island are bracing for possible evacuations that would require physical...