Social media videos showed people running into the streets as bright orange flames and smoke spewed into the sky.

The Kanlaon volcano in central Philippines erupted on Monday, spewing a column of ash and gas 4,000 metres (2.5 miles) into the sky. The eruption led to calls for local school cancellations; also the ...

A new mass of land was recently formed off the shores of Japan after an explosive underwater volcano activated at the end of October, according to researchers from the University of Tokyo. The ...

For the first time in recorded history, the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia’s remote Danakil region has erupted. Located southeast of the well-known Erta Ale volcano, Hayli Gubbi had no documented ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Satellite view of Mount Spurr, Alaska. (Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2025) (Gallo Images via Getty Images ...

An explosive eruption rocked La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent on Friday following mandatory evacuation orders from the local government. Emergency management ...

A massive stratovolcano in the Philippines has erupted Monday, spewing out a smoke column 10,000 feet high, after a raft of volcanic earthquakes. People living within 3.7 miles of Kanlaon volcano, ...

Over 3,000 years ago, the eruption of Santorini’s volcano ended an ancient civilization. Scientists may know what the next big explosion could look like. A man looks out across the Santorini caldera ...

For the fifth time since December, a volcanic eruption is underway in southwest Iceland. The Icelandic Met Office said that the eruption started Wednesday after hundreds of earthquakes were recorded ...

Twenty-five years ago, the frequently explosive activity of Kilauea was unappreciated. Since then, continuing research has emphasized Kilauea’s past, and potential future, explosive eruptions. Lava ...

Scientists in Iceland have come up with an ambitious plan to drill into a volcano's magma chamber to source an abundant amount of clean, super-hot geothermal energy. The project, which would be a ...

Gas emissions, earthquakes and ground deformations at Mount Spurr, an Alaskan volcano roughly 80 miles northwest of Anchorage, indicate that it is “progressing toward an eruption,” scientists said ...