This Week in Volcano News; Mount Stromboli Erupts, Grimsvotn Flood

This week, an unusually explosive and lava rich eruption occurred at Italy’s Mount Stromboli. Meanwhile, in Iceland, the glacier covered Grimsvotn volcano had its alert level raised, increasing the chance of an eruption in the near future. And, in Chile, the Nevados de Chillan volcano produced two unusually powerful vulcanian explosions. This video will discuss these volcano related news stories, as told and analyzed by a volcanologist. If you would like to support this channel, consider becoming a patron at Another way to support this channel is to make an order via our gemstone and geology related etsy store at . This channel’s merch store is also on etsy at . Graphics, tables, and images which contain eruption dates, lengths, and/or VEIs are sourced from (and sometimes courtesy of) the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution (although sometimes with minor changes made by