See a slide show of the worst volcanic disasters in history and learn what caused the casualties. How do you measure the size of a volcanic eruption? Just as seismologists measure the size of an ...

On the day of the disaster, farmers living near the blue-watered lake heard rumbling, and then saw a frothy spray shoot ...

Deadliest volcanic eruption: The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, which killed up to 100,000 people From lava fountains to towering ash clouds, volcanoes produce some of the most ...

The force of this eruption on the small, uninhabited island of Krakatau was so great that much of the volcano, and two-thirds of the island itself, collapsed into the sea, triggering 120-foot ...

Earth’s deadliest volcanoes don’t just threaten human life—they are also home to some of the most resilient wildlife on the planet. From lava-proof birds to heat-adapted reptiles ...

At any given moment there are 40-60 volcanoes erupting around the world. Volcanoes host magmas with temperatures of over 700 degrees — that’s over four times hotter than any known organism can survive ...

The awakening of Krakatau in 1883 was one of the deadliest volcanic eruptions in modern history, second only to the eruption of Tambora in 1815, which killed 60,000 people. Its effects were felt all ...

The 2018 eruption was one of the deadliest volcanic disasters in the country's history. On June 3, the volcano erupted violently, sending fast-moving pyroclastic flows—mixtures of hot gas ...

Volcano Live's Ed Byrne listed it as his favourite ... According to the United States Geological Survey, the deadliest eruption in recent history was Krakatoa in 1883. The major cause of ...