. 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 ...

That Boxing Day night in 1997, when Monserrat's Soufriere Hills Volcano began to stretch, yawn and stir to life, is forever etched in the mind's eye of Thomas Lee. Montserratians knew their volcano ...

Adena Johnson and her mum Olivette spoke to us about surviving the devastating Montserrat volcano eruptions of the 1990s – ...

Avalanches of ash, gas and rock that cascade downhill during volcanic eruptions may be even more dangerous than scientists had realized. Pulses of high pressure form within these slides, known as ...

Olivette and Adena Johnson shared their exclusive story with The Mirror US about how they cheated death twice while fleeing the catastrophic Soufriere Hills explosions during the mid-1990s. What ...

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 ...

Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, has again captivated the world with a spectacular show, spewing smoke and high into the sky.But the defining event of Monday’s eruption was the ...