On May 2, a collapsing lava front on Mayon Volcano sent a superheated torrent of gas, ash, and rock 5.08 kilometers down its ...

Roughly 50 kilometers separate two of Central America’s most dangerous volcanoes, and both are erupting. At Santa Maria, the ...

Avalanches of ash, gas and rock that cascade downhill during volcanic eruptions may be even more dangerous than scientists had realized. Pulses of high pressure form within these slides, known as ...

After an eruption, DIY cushions of gas help searing torrents of gas, ash, and rock spread miles from their source within a matter of minutes. Pyroclastic flows contain a deadly combination of hot rock ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have discovered that the scorching material spewed from a volcano during eruptions generates a layer of air ...

There are several ways pyroclastic flow can develop during an volcanic eruption. (AFP) Guatemala's Volcan de Fuego - Volcano of Fire - erupted spectacularly Sunday, shooting a plume of ash and gas ...

Santa Maria (which is known also as Santiaguito) in Guatemala put on quite a show, with impressive explosive eruptions that produced numerous pyroclastic flows (also known as pyroclastic density ...

Brief post today about the tragic events at Sinabung. The first deaths directly caused by the volcanic activity (as opposed to due to disease or illness in the refugee camps) occurred today as a ...

MANILA, Philippines — A surge in pyroclastic density currents has been detected at Mayon Volcano in Albay in the past 24 hours, although these do not indicate escalation to a stronger eruptive phase, ...