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 ...

A spectacular display of lava and pyroclastic flow was seen in Stromboli on the afternoon of Dec 4. Just after 2pm a lava overflow and intense explosive activity started from the north crater, before ...

At least 62 people were reported killed when Guatemala’s Volcan de Fuego erupted on Sunday, June 3, sending plumes of rock, gas, and ash over nearby villages, as well as a fast-moving and destructive ...

On Sunday, Guatemala's Volcán de Fuego -- "Volcano of Fire" -- erupted violently, spewing ash nearly four miles into the air and burying villages under an avalanche-like phenomenon called a ...

MANILA, Philippines — Since showing increased activity earlier this year, Mayon Volcano generated its "largest" pyroclastic density current so far, with an ash plume reaching up to 1,000 meters on ...

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 ...