Breathtaking footage has emerged from Sicily today after Mount Etna erupted, sending tourists running for their lives. Etna is the highest active volcano in Europe and started erupting again early ...

Flights grounded as Japan’s most active volcano erupts for second time in four months - Sakurajima’s first major eruption of ...

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One of the world's most active volcanoes has begun erupting this week, shooting fountains of lava into the sky ...

‘The eruption of Tambora was a catastrophic event and one of the biggest volcanic eruptions in 10,000 years. It threw a huge ...

A team of geologists have developed a new method to detect when a volcano may be about to erupt, giving at least eight hours ...

Volcanoes are Earth’s geologic architects. They’ve created more than 80 percent of our planet’s surface, laying the foundation that has allowed life to thrive. Their explosive force crafts mountains ...

Hawaii Volcanoes national park closed due to eruption of one of world’s most active volcanoes, located on Big Island ...

A volcano eruption near a populated area in Iceland could be 'much larger' than previous events, officials warned as defences were quickly overrun this morning. The Icelandic Civil Defence warned that ...

The aircraft was called to the eruption site on the Reykjanes peninsula to search for the hiker, who managed to flag down the passing helicopter using SOS signals, the Icelandic coast guard said.

A couple had to make a quick escape after a volcano exploded nearby while they were relaxing in Iceland's Blue Lagoon spa. Andrew, 27, and Ale Kenney, 29 are on a nine month cruise around Scandinavia ...

The Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull has erupted for the second time this month, sending a long plume of ash across the north Atlantic into the UK, enough to disrupt air traffic there! NASA's Terra ...