{"id":747,"date":"2020-12-21T03:09:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T03:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=747"},"modified":"2020-12-21T03:09:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T03:09:47","slug":"mt-ruapehu-moved-up-to-volcanic-alert-level-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=747","title":{"rendered":"Mt Ruapehu moved up to volcanic alert level 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GeoNet has issued a Volcanic Alert Bulletin for Mt Ruapehu, as the temperature in the crater lake continues to rise.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/assets\/news_crops\/115407\/eight_col_071_816-6703.jpg?1608508357\" alt=\"Aerial of a tuquoise crater lake on top of Mount Ruapehu, Tongariro National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific\" width=\"587\" height=\"367\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"caption\">The crater lake on Mt Ruapehu.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0AFP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scientists have raised the alert level to two which indicates moderate volcanic unrest.<\/p>\n<p>The crater lake continues to heat and is now 43C, accompanied by bursts of volcanic tremor and a marked increase in the amount of gas through the crater lake.<\/p>\n<p>GeoNet in a statement said the combination of the increased lake temperature, volcanic tremor and gas output have led to the alert level change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mt Ruapehu is an active volcano and has the potential to erupt with little or no warning when in a state of volcanic unrest. The Aviation Colour Code is changed to yellow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While Volcano Alert Level 2 is mostly associated with environmental hazards, eruptions can still occur with little or no warning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Duty volcanologist Mike Rosenberg said gas output through the crater had also increased markedly with the mix of gases in the plume the largest measures in the past two decades.<\/p>\n<p>He said Mt Ruapehu was an active volcano with the potential to erupt with little or no warning.<\/p>\n<p>GNS Science and the National Geohazards Monitoring Centre continue to watch the situation closely.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-RNZ<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GeoNet has issued a Volcanic Alert Bulletin for Mt Ruapehu, as the temperature in the crater lake continues to rise. The crater lake on Mt Ruapehu.\u00a0Photo:\u00a0AFP Scientists have raised the alert level to two which indicates moderate volcanic unrest. The crater lake continues to heat and is now 43C, accompanied by bursts of volcanic tremor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":749,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions\/749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}