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were first on the scene. Both survivors were rescued after over 20 hours in the water, just as the task force was preparing to close down its search. A Canadian officer described a "spectacular backdrop of erupting lava and shooting flames" faced by search parties in small boats.
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were reported near the island in the two weeks before the eruption.
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347:extinct" by 1982. It was the northernmost known
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574:List of islands of Yemen
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1096:Smithsonian Institution
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