YAMAGUCHI—An eruption of Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture 90,000 years ago created a pyroclastic flow that traveled 170 kilometers north to the Sabagawa river here, the longest such distance recorded ...

A volcanic eruption in southern Japan 30,000 years ago was so massive it dumped a 10-centimeter layer of ash in what is now the sprawling metropolis of Tokyo, according to researchers. A team at the ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The head of Indonesia’s Geological Agency, Muhammad Wafid, has warned that deposits from Mount Semeru’s recent pyroclastic flows could trigger secondary disasters if not properly ...

Dozens of people have died, hundreds are missing and many more homes were destroyed after separate volcanic eruptions in ...

A man presses his hands together in prayer before a memorial cenotaph in the location that served as the media's "fixed point" when a pyroclastic flow hit the area, in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive profile the supersonic heat and suffocating ash clouds of a pyroclastic flow to find the only path to safety.

This picture taken on Dec 17, 2022, shows mount Semeru spewing thick smoke and hot lava in Lumajang, East Java. - Photo: AFP JAKARTA: (Bernama) Indonesia’s Mount Semeru in East Java erupted five times ...

On June 3rd, 1993, after continuous volcanic activities, major pyroclastic flows occurred on Mr. Unzen Fugen in Nagasaki Prefecture. The pyroclastic flows took the lives of caused 43 people including ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - On Wednesday afternoon, January 14, 2026, Mount Semeru emitted a series of pyroclastic flows. The Mount Semeru Volcano Observation Post (PGA) at Gunung Sawur reported that seismic ...