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Papua New Guinea cancels flights, plans evacuation after volcano erupts

An ash column rises from Mount Ulawun, Papua New Guinea [Enoch Lapa via Reuters]

A volcanic eruption on a remote island of Papua New Guinea has pushed some residents to begin evacuating and the island’s airport to cancel flights.

Ulawun, the South Pacific nation’s most active volcano, spewed smoke up to 15km (9.3 miles) in the air on Monday afternoon, the country’s Geohazards Management Division said, in its first significant blow-up in years.

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