Popocatépetl emerged in the crater of other volcanoes in its current form more than 20,000 years ago and has been active ...

Predicting a volcanic eruption in time to warn authorities and populations remains a major challenge on a global scale. In a ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — La Soufriere volcano has fired an enormous amount of ash and hot gas in the biggest explosive eruption yet since volcanic activity began on the eastern Caribbean island ...

The eruption occurred over the weekend in the Philippines. Taal Volcano erupted, sending ash clouds 7,000 feet high and triggering viral footage. PHIVOLCS recorded three eruptions and 33 volcanic ...

The Black Death — one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, estimated to have killed up to half of Europe’s population — might have been set in motion by a volcanic eruption, a new study ...

Klyuchevskoy volcano in eastern Russia began erupting shortly after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks shook the same area. "A descent of hot lava is observed on the western ...

A volcano on Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight into Sunday for the first time in at least 400 years. The Krasheninnikov volcano sent ash more than 3.7 miles into the sky, ...

Streams of molten lava flowed from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano overnight Saturday into Sunday, ahead of another eruption expected to take shape in the coming days, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The latest Kilauea eruption ended today at 4:16 p.m. after a little more than five hours of continuous lava fountains. Lava fountains reached a maximum of 1,000 to 1,100 feet during this episode that ...

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