When Mayon volcano’s summit collapsed on May 2, 2026, superheated avalanches of gas, rock, and debris roared roughly 4 kilometers down the Mi-isi gully, one of the volcano’s most active drainage ...

Footage from Guatemala’s Santa María–Santiaguito volcanic complex captures a pyroclastic flow moving rapidly down the volcano ...

Scientists think they’ve figured out how pyroclastic flows, fast-moving bringers of death during volcanic events, can travel such incredible distances and speeds despite the friction between the ...

After an eruption, DIY cushions of gas help searing torrents of gas, ash, and rock spread miles from their source within a matter of minutes. ByKatherine J. Wu Monday, April 8, 2019 NOVA NextNOVA Next ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have discovered that the scorching material spewed from a ...

Dumping literal tons of hot volcanic material down a lab flume may finally have revealed how searing mixtures of hot gas and rock travel so far from volcanic eruptions. These pyroclastic flows can ...

A pyroclastic flow (also known as a pyroclastic density current or a pyroclastic cloud) is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively known as tephra) that flows along the ...

Volcanologist Professor Chris Jackson discovers evidence of the deadly pyroclastic flow. Volcanologist Professor Chris Jackson reveals the power of the deadly pyroclastic flow that had swept through ...

Guatemala’s Volcan de Fuego — Volcano of Fire — erupted spectacularly Sunday, shooting a plume of ash and gas nearly six miles into the sky and spreading ash and debris across towns and farms more ...

Witness the explosive eruption at Paluweh that followed the dramatic lava dome collapse, revealing stunning pyroclastic flow deposits. Aqua/MODIS image of Paluweh, showing the thermal anomaly caused ...