USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists visited the western rim of Halemaʻumaʻu crater for a closer look at the active ...

One of the world’s most active volcanoes, Kilauea on Hawaii’s Big Island, began spewing lava from the north vent Wednesday, the latest event in an ongoing eruption that began almost six months ago.

The Hawaii Volcano Observatory says lava fountains were reaching over 330 feet Wednesday and would likely go higher before ...

Over the past 12 months, an Alaskan volcano named Mount Spurr has become ... a plethora of ash—and if the wind blows to the east that day, the city of Anchorage about 80 miles away would see ...

SICILY -- A massive eruption at Mt. Etna forced tourists to flee the volcano on Monday after a plume of high temperature gases, ash and rock “several kilometers high” billowed into the air ...

Scientists observing the volcano said that the latest eruptive activity likely started after a collapse of material in Mount Etna's South-East Crater, where the "explosive activity" has since ...

The study by NASA and the Smithsonian Institution, looking at carbon dioxide levels around Mount Etna in Italy, compared data from sensors around the volcano with satellite imagery and discovered a ...

When Hawaii’s expansive Mauna Loa volcano erupted in 1935, it sent serpents of red-hot liquid rock slithering toward the town of Hilo, then home to 16,000 residents. Normally, during eruptions ...

Taranaki Mounga is one of New Zealand's about a dozen active volcanos - but what does that actually mean for locals? Volcanologist and GNS principal scientist Graham Leonard shares the latest research ...

Everyone who stays in a Hawaii hotel, cruise ship or other lodging beginning Jan. 1 will pay an extra $3 for every $400 in overnight costs — or an additional $30 for every $4,000 spent to stay ...

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