On May 2, 2026, a wall of superheated gas and volcanic debris broke loose from Mount Mayon’s summit and tore 4 kilometers ...
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 ...
One of the leading killers during explosive volcanic eruptions is a family of superheated gas, ash, and debris known as pyroclastic density currents. These tumbling, turbulent paroxysms rush downslope ...
A superheated torrent of gas, rock, and volcanic debris tore 4 kilometers down Mayon volcano’s Mi-isi Gully in early June ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dozens of people have been killed, and with many more missing, after Volcán de Fuego (Fuego) in Guatemala erupted on June 3 2018. In recent years, Fuego has regularly ejected small gas and ash ...