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«In contrast to events like hurricanes or earthquakes, volcanic unrest can last for long periods of time, and that's one reason people stop paying attention to the hazards that are looming,» said volcanologist Greg Valentine, PhD, a University at Buffalo professor of geology and director of the Center for GeoHazards Studies in the UB College of Arts and ScienceIn contrast to events like hurricanes or earthquakes, volcanic unrest can last for long periods of time, and that's one reason people stop paying attention to the hazards that are looming,» said volcanologist Greg Valentine, PhD, a University at Buffalo professor of geology and director of the Center for GeoHazards Studies in the UB College of Arts and Sciencein the UB College of Arts and Sciences.

Based in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, the Natural Hazards Research Centre specialises in earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

The city of Tauranga, with more than 100,000 residents, lies about 50 kilometres west of the uplift.Elaine Smid, a volcanologist at the University of Auckland, notes that people in the area are already at risk from volcanic hazards, especially ashfall from the Taupo volcanoes.

These datasets will be used to improve strategic and hazard - warning capabilities of events in near real - time, such as tracking plumes from dust storms, volcanic eruptions, and wildfires.

Steve McNutt, a team member at the University of Alaska, US, believes the work will prove useful as an added dimension of hazard assessment, especially in issuing advisories for planes, which can be severely damaged by flying through volcanic plumes.

But he emphatically agrees with the authors of the Science Advances paper that the threat posed by collapsing volcanic slope and submarine landslides has been overlooked in the tsunami hazard field.

The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazards (PVMBG) flew a drone over Mount Agung's crater in Bali on Thursday to analyze ash clouds and volcanic activity after the volcano erupted on Tuesday.

The Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation said there has been an increase in volcanic tremors, with a total of 564 recorded Monday.

Volcanic eruptions are typically included in the definition of natural disaster or hazard, terms that appear in several coverage benefits.