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 ...

Witness the explosive eruption at Paluweh that followed the dramatic lava dome collapse, revealing stunning pyroclastic flow deposits. Aqua/MODIS image of Paluweh, showing the thermal anomaly caused ...

JAKARTA: Mount Merapi, an active volcano in Central Java and Yogyakarta, has recently emitted lava and pyroclastic flows that reached distances of up to 1.5km from its summit. These flows are moving ...

The survivor has told an inquest into the deaths of 22 people on Whakaari/White Island that they couldn't outrun the erupting ...

Amid successive quakes in different parts of the country, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) ...

The volcano is one of the world’s most active, such as in February this year when it spewed hot ash and lava. This time around, a pyroclastic flow of hot rock, ash, and gas was seen falling around ...

. The eruption produced a number of explosions and a pyroclastic flow that originated from the west side of the lava dome at the summit of the volcano. However, the most interesting bit comes from the ...

Adena Johnson and her mum Olivette spoke to us about surviving the devastating Montserrat volcano eruptions of the 1990s – ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius produced such a hot ash cloud that it turned victims' brains into glass, according to a new study. Researchers have unearthed a piece of dark-coloured organic glass ...

Huge clouds of ash more than a mile high have erupted from Mount Etna, triggered by an avalanche of boiling rock hurtling down the side of the volcano. Terrified tourists visiting the Italian volcano ...