Mount Merapi erupts in Java, sending ash and smoke into the sky as the scene is caught on camera. The footage shows the ...

Community radio once helped villagers survive Indonesia's volcanic eruptions. Today, smartphones and social media bring both faster warnings and new challenges.

When Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, it became one of the most devastating disasters in American history. The massive eruption transformed the surrounding landscape within moments, sending ...

The plumbing systems of volcanoes are vast and complex. But they aren't consistent, even in the same volcano. A Cornell-led collaboration found very different mechanisms behind two historic eruptions ...

HAWAIʻI VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii – The 48th episode of the Mount Kīlauea volcano is officially underway in Hawaii after the monstrous summit slowly began to ooze lava over the weekend. Starting ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Monday marks 46 years since the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens, one of the most destructive volcanic events in U.S. history. On May 18, 1980, the Washington volcano erupted ...

Sunday marks 45 years since Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington state. The deadly eruption happened shortly after 8:30 a.m. on May 18, 1980, following months of small explosions and earthquakes.

SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash. — Forty-six years ago today, Mount St. Helens unleashed one of the most devastating volcanic eruptions in United States history, transforming the Pacific Northwest landscape in ...

JAKARTA, May 9 (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities on Saturday located the position of two missing Singaporeans, although it was not known if they were alive, and confirmed the death of an Indonesian ...

JAKARTA, May 8 (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities halted for the night a search for three missing hikers trapped by the continuing volcanic eruption of Mount Dukono, on Halmahera island, a local ...

The true date of the eruption has long eluded—and vexed—historians of the deadly disaster. Here’s what the archaeological evidence tells us. The ancient city of Herculanum was destroyed by the ...