Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) represent some of the most formidable and complex volcanic phenomena, characterised by a turbulent mixture of solid particles and gases that surge down slopes at ...

The eruption and volcanic material sedimentation processes of giant caldera eruptions are not well understood, making it also difficult to estimate their size. Kobe University researchers used seismic ...

A HUGE volcano has erupted six times in one day, sending an enormous 3,937ft column of ash into the air. Dramatic footage ...

Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, has again captivated the world with a spectacular show, spewing smoke and high into the sky.But the defining event of Monday’s eruption was the ...

SICILY, Italy – Italy’s Mount Etna volcano violently erupted on Monday, sending plumes of toxic ash and smoke billowing into the sky as people on the mountain ran for safety to escape the danger.

Mount Semeru, in East Java, Indonesia, has been on a high level active alert for several years. The eruption has left ...

While the town around him was engulfed by searing pyroclastic flows, one man achieved the impossible from a prison cell with a single ventilation shaft. Here’s how he did it. While humans have adapted ...

Mount Etna unleashed a spectacular eruption yesterday afternoon which sent tourists fleeing for their lives. Now, incredible satellite images reveal the moment Europe's most active volcano spewed a ...

Satellite photos have captured a glowing "river of fire" flowing down the flanks of Mount Etna during an explosive outburst that also unleashed a giant plume of ash, smoke and volcanic gases high ...

Aerial view of Crater Lake in Oregon, a collapse caldera formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the past 8,000 years. A detailed survey of the volcanic deposits found offshore Japan ...

A massive stratovolcano in the Philippines has erupted Monday, spewing out a smoke column 10,000 feet high, after a raft of volcanic earthquakes. People living within 3.7 miles of Kanlaon volcano, ...