Amid an onset of a dome collapse pyroclastic density current (PDC) or “uson,” the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and ...

After an eruption, DIY cushions of gas help searing torrents of gas, ash, and rock spread miles from their source within a matter of minutes. Pyroclastic flows contain a deadly combination of hot rock ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) recorded at least 40 discrete pyroclastic density current ...

While most of us associate the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 with Pompeii, a new study has revealed the devastating impact the event had on inhabitants of another nearby settlement, called ...

Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) represent some of the most formidable and complex volcanic phenomena, characterised by a turbulent mixture of solid particles and gases that surge down slopes at ...

Geologists have determined why — unlike in the neighbouring town of Pompeii — the inhabitants of the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum were not well-preserved by the eruption of the volcano Vesuvius ...

Pompeii sat near the foot of Mount Vesuvius (Picture: Getty) The eruption of Vesuvius that famously destroyed Pompeii, Italy, almost 2,000 years ago first released a wave of air so hot it turned ...