YAMAGUCHI—An eruption of Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture 90,000 years ago created a pyroclastic flow that traveled 170 kilometers north to the Sabagawa river here, the longest such distance recorded ...
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 ...
On June 3rd, 1993, after continuous volcanic activities, major pyroclastic flows occurred on Mr. Unzen Fugen in Nagasaki Prefecture. The pyroclastic flows took the lives of caused 43 people including ...
Smoke is seen rising from the crater of Mount Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island in Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture on Feb. 3, 2020. (Image from a Japan Meteorological Agency monitoring camera) ...
MILAN (AP) — 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 ...
A volcanic eruption in Italy left people scurrying for cover from what officials are saying is a pyroclastic flow. Several videos circulating online show people running as smoke from the side of Mount ...