The discovery of the driving force behind the world's deadliest volcanic events could help improve forecasting of their devastating effects, new research suggests. The findings reveal the mechanism ...

A pyroclastic flow (also known as a pyroclastic density current or a pyroclastic cloud) is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively known as tephra) that flows along the ...

New Zealand research could help track the path of searingly hot rock and gas flows that are the world's most deadly volcanic hazard. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury School of ...

Volcanologist Professor Chris Jackson discovers evidence of the deadly pyroclastic flow. Volcanologist Professor Chris Jackson reveals the power of the deadly pyroclastic flow that had swept through ...

A superheated torrent of gas, rock, and volcanic debris tore 4 kilometers down Mayon volcano’s Mi-isi Gully in early June 2026, marking the longest pyroclastic density current recorded during the ...

Pyroclastic flows are some of the most fearsome hazards posed by erupting volcanoes. These avalanches of superheated ash, gas, and rock are responsible for some of the most famous volcanic disasters ...

At least 330 people were evacuated on Thursday in Guatemala following an eruption of the Fuego volcano, located 35 km from the capital, according to the civil protection agency, which declared an ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Mount Merapi, located on the border of the Special Region of Yogyakarta and Central Java in Indonesia, has shown an increase in activity intensity over the last three days.

The Geological Agency recorded 583 eruptive earthquakes at Mount Semeru between May 23 and 31, though its status remains at Alert Level III.