Authorities in Guatemala declared a red alert and evacuated around 4,000 people early Monday after the Central American country's fiery Fuego volcano erupted for the fifth time this year, sending bursts of ash and lava down the mountain. Memories are still fresh of the volcano's ...
An explosion caused by lava oozing into the ocean sent molten rock crashing through the roof of a sightseeing boat off Hawaii's Big Island, injuring 23 people Monday, officials said. They were aboard a tour boat that takes visitors to see lava plunging into the ...
Kilauea summit blows ash aloft anew as more lava flows into Pacific
A small explosion at the summit of Hawaii's erupting Kilauea Volcano on Sunday sent ash spewing into the air, creating a driving hazard for roads on parts of the Big Island, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Lava fountains from a fissure in the volcano reached ...
After wiping out hundreds of homes, Kilauea lava forms new coastline
Lava from the Kilauea volcano that flowed into Kapoho Bay has created nearly a mile (1.6 km) of new land and officials with the U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday the flow is still very active and there's no way to know when the eruption ...
Ash-coated corpses like statues as Guatemala volcano death toll hits at least 69
Rescuers pulled survivors and bodies from the charred aftermath of the powerful eruption of Guatemala's Volcan de Fuego, or "Volcano of Fire," as the death toll rose to at least 69 on Monday and was expected to go higher from a disaster that ...
Lava-trapped trio airlifted to safety near Hawaii volcano but officials unsure of further holdouts
Three people were airlifted to safety on Sunday morning as lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano threatened an isolated area where they had become trapped, the National Guard said. The two men and a woman became the latest in a series of evacuations on Hawaii's Big ...
Shimabara residents remember those claimed by Mount Unzen eruption in Nagasaki in 1991
Residents of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Sunday paid tribute to the 43 people claimed by the pyroclastic flow triggered by the eruption of Mount Unzen in 1991. Some 100 people, including students and city officials, laid flowers at a memorial in the town of Nita, ...
Explosions feared as lava threatens to cover more wells at Hawaii geothermal plant
Lava from Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano threatened to cover more wells at a geothermal power station on Monday as a fresh blast from the crater sent an ash plume almost 15,000 feet (4,600 m) into the sky, officials said. Lava engulfed the heads of two ...
Erupting Kilauea volcano sends huge plume of ash high above island of Hawaii
Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii erupted from its summit early Thursday, shooting a huge plume of ash miles into the sky and prompting authorities to urge area residents to take cover. The Hawaii Volcano Observatory said the explosion within Kilauea's Halemaumau crater ...
Warnings issued for more lava and possible explosion of erupting Kilauea summit
Residents near Hawaii's Kilauea volcano faced warnings on Monday that more lava-spewing fissures could open near their homes and that the volcano's summit may be getting ready for an explosion that could scatter ash and debris for miles. Since Kilauea began erupting on May 3, ...
Hawaii authorities scrambled to move tens of thousands of gallons of highly flammable chemicals from the path of lava on Thursday, and the state's governor warned mass evacuations might be needed as the Kilauea volcano's eruption became more violent. After a new fissure opened on ...
Kilauea volcano forces all in eruption zone to decide whether to flee or stay
Edwin Montoya's family carved their farm on the slopes of the Kilauea volcano out of "raw jungle," transforming it into a fertile collection of gardens, animal pens and fruit trees. Now the property is imperiled by the very land it stands upon. A couple of ...
