Volcanic Eruption News

It was a familiar sight at Kanyaruchinya, just a few kilometres north of the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: White armoured personnel carriers had taken up positions along the road.

A 5.7 earthquake six miles northwest of Greenville in Plumas County rattled the Northstate on Thursday night and the quake had several people asking if the activity had anything to do with Lassen Volcano.

Astronauts on the International Space Station captured jaw-dropping pictures of a volcanic eruption last Saturday.

ROUGH CUT STORY: Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano continued on Friday to erupt with the region still on yellow phase three alert, the third-highest warning on the center's seven-step scale.

The Salt Lake Tribune) Second-graders from Grant Elementary School in Murray make choices on a control panel to create different types of volcanic eruptions and then watch the screen as their volcanoes erupt.

This snapshot of the remote Pavlof volcano -located about 625 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, along the Aleutian Islands-undergoing a massive eruption was captured from the International Space Station on May 18.

Regional flights have been cancelled since Mount Pavlof in Alaska started to spew ash last week.

SALT LAKE CITY &#8212 Thunderstorms Thursday in Oklahoma were hampering cleanup efforts in the tornado-ravaged town of Moore.

There's a fundamental fact one learns about trees when growing up in dry country forests: they're flammable.

Alaska's Pavlof volcano produced the most explosive blast in its current eruptive phase, sending ash soaring 15,000 feet into the air.

FutureVolc started October 1, 2012 and is funded by the Environmental/FP7 program of the European Commission.

Catlin Seaview Survey's Christophe Bailhache films a sting ray during a survey dive in the Galapagos Islands, which are closed to tourists.

Mexico's 'Smoking Mountain,' Popocatepetl Volcano, is living up to its Aztec name.

The Pavlof Volcano in Alaska on May 18, 2013. The oblique perspective from the ISS reveals the three dimensional structure of the ash plume, which is often obscured by the top-down view of most remote sensing satellites.

Pavlof is one of the most active volcanos in the United States, with nearly 40 known eruptions.

Mount Pavlof, a volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, is currently erupting. Astronauts on the International Space Station were in a great position to photograph it in action.

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In one of my school history books, as I remember, there is a story that saffron was introduced into Europe by a pilgrim from concealing some corms in his staff, to avoid the death penalty if found by the agents of the Sultans who controlled its export.

WATCH as Costa Rica's Turrialba Volcano roars to life early Tuesday morning which has resulted in more than 160 mini-earthquakes, according to the Observatorio Vulcanologico.

Park rangers activated a green alert, the lowest of three levels, after the 10,958-foot Turrialba volcano rumbled loudly and emitted thick clouds of ash.