SAN'A, Yemen - A volcanic explosion rocked a tiny Yemeni island in the Red Sea, spewing lava and ash hundreds of feet into the air and forcing Yemeni authorities to evacuate a military base. NATO and Yemeni ships Monday were searching for eight missing soldiers.
The eruption Sunday evening caused a landslide that collapsed the western part of Jabal al-Tair island, the Yemeni news agency SABA reported. There were no immediate reports of deaths.
A NATO fleet passing nearby reported seeing a "catastrophic volcanic eruption" at 7 p.m. local time Sunday on the island, about 70 miles off the Yemeni coast, said Ken Allan, a Navy Public Affairs with the Canadian Armed Forces.
"At this time, the entire island is aglow with lava and magma as it pours down into the sea," Allan said in an e-mail Sunday evening. "The lava is spewing hundreds of feet into the air, with the volcanic ash also (rising) a thousand feet in the air."
What next? An earthquake in Jerusalem?
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YES - a BIG earthquake in Jerusalem - remember that the Red Sea is part of the Great Syrian African Rift and that includes all of eastern Israel, from Eilat up the Arava, through the Dead Sea and the Jordan Valley, the Kinneret and the Hula Valley.
BUT - the really BIG earthquake in Jerusalem won't happen until Moshiach comes, so.......
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