Volcano Erupts off Yemen Coast
By Ahmed Al-Haj, The Associated Press
posted: 01 October 2007 12:40 pm ET
SAN’A, Yemen (AP) — NATO ships responding to a “catastrophic” volcanic eruption on a tiny Yemeni island rescued two survivors Monday but also pulled four dead from the Red Sea, officials said. Two people remained missing.
The eruption began Sunday evening on Jabal al-Tair, an oval island about two miles across that is unpopulated except for a small Yemeni military base used for naval control of nearby shipping lanes.
The eruption collapsed part of the island, which is about 70 miles off the Yemeni coast, and covered the rest with lava, forcing authorities to evacuate the base, the Yemeni news agency SABA reported.
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