The plight of a young Brazilian tourist who fell into an active volcano in Indonesia has raised questions about the dangers ...

Air travel has been thrown into chaos across Southeast Asia and Australia after an Indonesian volcano shot hot ash more than ...

Explore 7 volcanic eruptions that changed the course of history, from Pompeii’s destruction to Krakatoa's global effects.

The United States leads the world with 165 Holocene volcanoes, mostly in Alaska, Hawaii, and the Pacific Northwest. Active ...

On 27 August 1883, the earth shook again. This time the volcano Krakatoa, in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, erupted. News of the colossal eruption was quickly carried on gutta-percha ...

Volcanic eruptions: Volcanoes can generate tsunamis when eruptions or collapses occur near or beneath the ocean’s surface. The eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 and the recent collapse of Anak ...

We wouldn't normally recommend venturing into the heart of a volcano during a vacation, but Krakatau is not like most volcanoes. And no, we're not talking about the caldera in Indonesia. The ...

The shock waves of the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 reverberated around the world – in the atmosphere, ... They did not travel far: the debris is within 1.5 km of the shore. Walter et al. estimate the ...

But Krakatau is more widely known, partly because it erupted in 1883, ... Through a travel agent in Bima, a city on Sumbawa, a friend and I hired a guide, a translator, ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano has erupted, spewing ash as high as 3 kilometers (2 miles) into the air, officials said Saturday.

Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano experienced two eruptions on the morning of June 9, causing a thick plume of ash to rise and travel southwest, according to the country's volcanology agency, PVMBG.