A false news release was broadcast from ABC Radio Australia and posted on the Internet May31st, stating that an 18 km volcanic cloud of ash was being erupted from Mt Yassur. This release was put out by a meteorologist sitting hundreds of miles away, looking at satellite images.

The release went on to say that aircraft flights were being disrupted and tourists forbidden to visit the live volcano.

Yet, visitors stood on the lip of the fabulous volcano that same evening, saying the volcano was giving off the most wonderful display of fireworks. There was no sign anywhere of a huge cloud of volcano ash.
Read the rest of the report and how it follows up a false earthquake report only days before…

False information that is published as latest news, can create such a wrong impression. It also goes to prove that you need to check out information from more than one source.
Read a totally erroneous news report published on a media site…