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Volcano threat to Alaskan city
Evening Standard27 Mar 2009
Alaska's Mount Redoubt is threatening to dump ash on the port city of Anchorage for the first time since the volcano began erupting on Sunday night.
The Alaska Volcano Observatory said two large eruptions were followed by five to 10 smaller ones yesterday. A cloud of ash was sent more than 12-miles high.
The largest eruption caused a mud flow into the Drift River near the base of the volcano. When Redoubt last erupted 20 years ago, it went on for four months.
