"France's Reunion island warned early Thursday of the "probable or imminent eruption" of its Piton de la Fournaise volcano, one of the most active in the world. All access to the volcano has been closed after the The Piton de la Fournaise Observatory detected a "seismic crisis" starting at around 4:47 am (0047 GMT), the island's prefecture said on X."
""This indicates that magma is leaving the magmatic reservoir and propagating toward the surface," the observatory said in a statement on Thursday. The prefecture declared an Alert Level 1, warning on X that an eruption is "probable or imminent". The Piton de la Fournaise, situated in an uninhabited area in the southeast of the island, has erupted around 20 times over the last decade, and its violent bursts of activity often prompt stunning lava flows."
Piton de la Fournaise on Reunion showed a seismic crisis beginning around 4:47 am (0047 GMT), indicating magma movement toward the surface. The observatory stated that magma is leaving the magmatic reservoir and propagating upward. The prefecture declared Alert Level 1 and warned that an eruption is probable or imminent. All access to the volcano was closed and the caldera was ordered closed as of 6:00 am on January 1. The volcano is located in an uninhabited southeast area and has erupted around 20 times in the last decade, producing violent bursts and dramatic lava flows.
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