Ash Cloud Grounds Flights To New Zealand

22 trans Tasman flights have been grounded after volcanic ash from Chile’s Puyehue volcano reached New Zealand. The ash falls come months before the start of the rugby world cup, which will be hosted in New Zealand this September. The Australian reported on the cancellations, saying QANTAS has cancelled 22 flights to and from New…

Real-Time Eruption Warning For Mount Ruapehu

An yellow alert was recently issued to aviation following increased signs of activity at Mount Ruapehu – one of New Zealand’s active volcanoes. Read “Mount Ruapehu Heating Up” Today a press release was issued by Massey University in which it was revealed that a real-time doppler radar system is to be installed at the volcano…