As the hikers approached the famous volcano, a massive lightning bolt struck the peak of the erupting cone, creating a ...

A tall fountain of lava is spewing from a volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island again. Webcam video from Tuesday shows vigorous ...

Etna in Italy. Volcanoes are awesome forces of nature. They can be intimidating when erupting and even beautiful when seen from a safe vantage point on the ground. Satellite views give us a very ...

Ash can also shoot miles high into the sky and rain down for many miles around, posing a hazard for people quite far from an active volcano. (Learn about how lightning can help signal the start of ...

lava flows and volcanic lightning. Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) are the number one killers from volcanic eruptions, accounting for nearly 60,000 deaths since 1500. "In general, PDCs move ...

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