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 ...

While the town around him was engulfed by searing pyroclastic flows, one man achieved the impossible from a prison cell with a single ventilation shaft. Here’s how he did it. While humans have adapted ...

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 ...

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MILAN – 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 HUGE volcano has erupted six times in one day, sending an enormous 3,937ft column of ash into the air. Dramatic footage ...

The eruption and volcanic material sedimentation processes of giant caldera eruptions are not well understood, making it also difficult to estimate their size. Kobe University researchers used seismic ...

A huge plume of ash, gas, and rock spewed forth Monday from Italy's Mount Etna, but authorities said there was no current ...

Mount Semeru, in East Java, Indonesia, has been on a high level active alert for several years. The eruption has left ...

Aerial view of Crater Lake in Oregon, a collapse caldera formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the past 8,000 years. A detailed survey of the volcanic deposits found offshore Japan ...