One of the world’s most active volcanoes erupted on Monday after a three-month hiatus, spewing bright orange lava as high as 300 feet, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Kilauea ...

University of South Wales provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Predicting when a volcano might erupt is very difficult. Some volcanoes erupt almost constantly, such as Kīlauea on ...

Is it even an official disaster if you didn't document it on social media? As residents awaited a possible major eruption at Kīlauea volcano’s summit on Hawaii’s Big Island, authorities have had to ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Rockfall at Mount St. Helens kicked up a dust plume Tuesday that rose above the rim of the volcano’s crater, drawing attention in the region. “It’s a nice sunny day and we’re having ...

The first eruption in 38 years of the world’s largest active volcano is attracting onlookers to a national park for “spectacular” views of the event, and it’s also dredging up bad memories among some ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska >> An erupting volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands sent a towering cloud of ash into the air Friday, prompting the National Weather Service to issue an inflight warning to pilots.