After an eruption, DIY cushions of gas help searing torrents of gas, ash, and rock spread miles from their source within a matter of minutes. Pyroclastic flows contain a deadly combination of hot rock ...

An unexpectedly large explosive eruption from one of the largest Indonesia volcanoes has ended killing over a dozen people after pyroclastic flows roared down the mountain's slopes. Located on the ...

One of the leading killers during explosive volcanic eruptions is a family of superheated gas, ash, and debris known as pyroclastic density currents. These tumbling, turbulent paroxysms rush downslope ...

Dozens of people have been killed, and with many more missing, after Volcán de Fuego (Fuego) in Guatemala erupted on June 3 2018. In recent years, Fuego has regularly ejected small gas and ash ...

Every year, an average of more than 50 volcanoes erupt around the world. For instance, the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, off the coast of Morocco, is currently ...

Pompeii sat near the foot of Mount Vesuvius (Picture: Getty) The eruption of Vesuvius that famously destroyed Pompeii, Italy, almost 2,000 years ago first released a wave of air so hot it turned ...

For a third straight day, residents of Kagoshima City are sweeping gray-white volcanic ash from rooftops, gutters, and car windshields after Sakurajima, the stratovolcano that looms just four ...

Benjamin Andrews studies the destructive power of volcanoes, traveling to faraway locales like Hawaii, Guatemala, and Russia to observe what he calls the planet's "awesome" power firsthand. "You can ...

A volcanic eruption on the Italian island of Stromboli on Sunday created a large tidal wave as a dark cloud of ash and hot gas rushed into the sea. Dramatic footage of the blast also showed volcanic ...

The puzzle of how a 120-million-year-old animal graveyard in China formed may have been solved. Scientists believe that the creatures from the lower Cretaceous era were instantly killed by volcanic ...