What would happen if you dumped one of the world’s coldest liquids into the boiling, volatile mouth of a volcano? Would it ...

Wednesday marks the 35th anniversary of the deadly eruption of Mount Unzen's Fugen Peak in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern ...

These fast-moving mudflows can devastate towns in a matter of minutes.

Japan is stepping up its volcano research that trails far behind its advanced studies on earthquakes despite being home to ...

TOKYO — Mount Fuji hasn’t erupted since 1707. But for Volcanic Disaster Preparedness Day, Japanese officials have released computer- and AI-generated videos showing a simulation of a potential violent ...

Who will stop the Rain-ier? Scientists are warning that Washington’s Mount Rainier could unleash a catastrophic mudslide that has the potential to devastate three large towns within minutes. Often ...

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday placed its disaster response units on alert and ordered police offices in the ...

SHIMABARA, Nagasaki -- June 3 marked 35 years since a major pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen's Fugen peak in Nagasaki ...

Over the past half century, Japan has been hit by many volcanic eruptions, but scientifically those were only considered to ...

JAKARTA: A hot mudflow has begun in multiple locations in Roburan Dolok Village, Mandailing Natal Regency, North Sumatra, triggering panic among residents, who fear a repeat of the devastating Lapindo ...

John Pallister, retired chief of the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program, looks over an example of a field installation used for monitoring a volcano at the USGS office in Vancouver in 2016. (Amanda ...

Introduction -- Global distribution of active volcanoes / Elizabeth Cottrell -- Basaltic lava flow hazard / Andrew J. L. Harris -- Impacts from volanic ash fall / Thomas M. Wilson, Susanna Jenkins, ...