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 ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive investigate volcanic forces, toxic gases, and survival constraints within a ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Mayon Volcano is exhibiting signs of increasing unrest, with bright red magma and glowing pyroclastic density currents called "uson" continuing to stream from its summit as ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A pyroclastic flow descended from the summit of Mount Semeru in Lumajang, East Java, on Wednesday afternoon, November 19, 2025, ahead of a later eruption. As of publication, the ...

A powerful volcanic eruption in Indonesia sent residents fleeing as Mount Semeru released a towering ash column and pyroclastic flow - a fast-moving, superheated cloud of dense volcanic gas, ash and ...

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 ...

. The eruption produced a number of explosions and a pyroclastic flow that originated from the west side of the lava dome at the summit of the volcano. However, the most interesting bit comes from the ...

LUMAJANG, Indonesia: Mount Semeru, located on the border of Lumajang and Malang Districts, East Java, erupted on Sunday night (Jan 11), sending pyroclastic flows as far as five kilometres from 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 ...

There is no current danger to the population after a pyroclastic flow on Italy’s Mount Etna produced a huge plume of ash Monday, sending tourists running. The flow moved away from a group of tourists ...

Smoke is seen rising from the crater of Mount Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island in Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture on Feb. 3, 2020. (Image from a Japan Meteorological Agency monitoring camera) ...