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 ...

The transformation of St. Vincent commenced with a cracklike thunder followed by a storm of ash late last week. Within the passage of a day, the once vibrant city of Richmond Vale on the island of St.

Dumping literal tons of hot volcanic material down a lab flume may finally have revealed how searing mixtures of hot gas and rock travel so far from volcanic eruptions. These pyroclastic flows can ...

Scientists think they’ve figured out how pyroclastic flows, fast-moving bringers of death during volcanic events, can travel such incredible distances and speeds despite the friction between the ...

Mayon Volcano is showing serious signs of unrest again. State volcanologists have raised Alert Level 3 after dangerous pyroclastic density currents—locally called “uson”—were recorded in Albay.The upd ...

When volcanoes erupt, pinpointing the regions at high risk for lethal hazards and deciding whether or not to evacuate a resistant population comprise the most difficult problems faced by hazards ...

Mount Semeru, located on the border of Lumajang and Malang Districts, East Java, erupted on Sunday night (Jan 11), sending ...

An explosion on the slopes of Stromboli sent an avalanche of pyroclastic flow rushing down the side of the Italian volcano on Monday (Nov. 16). The stronger-than-usual explosion was captured on ...

An international team of scientists has uncovered the secrets of the speed of pyroclastic flow that brings death and destruction following a volcano eruption. A pyroclastic flow is an extremely hot ...

Mount Semeru erupted at 10:25 p.m. local time. The eruption consisted of a pyroclastic flow traveling approximately 5 km,” ...

Mount Semeru, located on the border of Lumajang and Malang Districts, East Java, erupted on Sunday night (Jan 12), sending ...