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 September 27, 2014, Mount Ontake suddenly erupted. The 3,067-meter peak, which straddles the border between Nagano and Gifu Prefectures, is Japan’s second-highest volcano behind Mount Fuji and is ...

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 ...

A volcanic eruption in southern Japan 30,000 years ago was so massive it dumped a 10-centimeter layer of ash in what is now the sprawling metropolis of Tokyo, according to researchers. A team at the ...

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) ...

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 ...

Evidence of deadly ash clouds deep in the country's underground caves shows there's no escaping massive volcanic eruptions.

There is nothing more dangerous than a calamitous event related to the climate, and this is true in every country in the world. Even earthquakes, a geologic event not connected to the climate, or a ...