Switzerland is also having problems with the snow. Zermatt was cut off a couple of days ago by an avalanche.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/8996826/British-skiers-stranded-in-Zermatt.html
12 earthquakes above mag4 with greatly varying depths in the past 5 hours in the Ethiopia-Eritrea region. Possible volcanic activity?
http://www.emsc-csem.org/#2
Infrared satellite from 8:45 UTC shows that the plume has stretched right over Argentina nearly to the South Atlantic http://nwstatic.co.uk/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseastfullir.html
Depth was only at 1km so no wonder the damage was more severe than you would expect with a mag 5.3.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1386019/Spain-earthquake-6-killed-5-3-quake-strikes-Lorca.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Another vid of the eruption at Merapi today. The plume looks like something out of a film at the end http://forum.netweather.tv/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif