A large pyroclastic flow races down Mayon Volcano, sending ash sweeping across the slopes. The fast-moving surge shows why ...

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. Pyroclastic flows contain a deadly combination of hot rock ...

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 ...

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 ...

Causing one-third of all volcanic fatalities, pyroclastic density currents create destruction far beyond our current scientific explanation. Opportunities to interrogate the mechanisms behind this ...

Dozens of people have been killed, and with many more missing, after Volcán de Fuego (Fuego) in Guatemala erupted on June 3 2018. In recent years, Fuego has regularly ejected small gas and ash ...

Guatemala’s Volcán de Fuego explosively erupted on Sunday for 16 and a half hours. The devastating event left approximately 25 people dead and nearly 300 injured, a number that is expected to rise.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The eruption of the Fuego volcano—or volcano of fire—in Guatemala on ...