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 ...

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

Thermal camera footage also released by PHIVOLCS showed pyroclastic density currents — fast-moving flows of hot gas and volcanic material — cascading down the southern slopes of the volcano. The ...

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 ...

MILAN, Italy — Mt. Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, has again captivated the world with a spectacular show, spewing smoke high into the sky. But the defining event of Monday’s ...

After a year of explosive episodes, the summit continues inflating with fountaining possible as early as Wednesday.

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

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ROME -- A giant explosion from an Italian volcano sent locals and tourists running for cover on Wednesday. Stromboli, a volcano located on a small island off the coast of Sicily, erupted, sending a ...