1.   Other pilots were advised not to fly at night or in cloudy conditions as a precaution against straying into the ash plume.

2.   People living on the flanks of the rumbling volcano began cleaning up from that ash plume Tuesday, plowing ash under their fields and sweeping it off their roofs.

3.   Children in Cork Hill waved good-bye from bus windows to those left behind as a faint brown ash plume drifted to the south.

4.   For about a week, the mountain has been emitting ash plumes and occasional flows of lava.

5.   For about a week, the mountain, famous for its cone-like shape, has been emitting ash plumes and occasional flows of lava.

6.   No ash plume was visible on Monday.

7.   The lunchtime avalanche generated a billowing ash plume that drifted slowly out to sea.

8.   The vast ash plume spread northeast from the mountain, hitting the major tourist centres of Turangi, Taupo and Rotorua and closing at least four provincial airports.

9.   Weaker explosions fed the ash plume drifting towards the east.

10.   Police in Turangi, the closest downwind settlement to the ash plume, advised residents to stay inside or wear masks because of the ash.