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Buildings in Myanmar are continuing to collapse five days after a powerful earthquake struck the country, creating perilous conditions for rescuers as they attempt to extricate survivors from the rubble. More than 2,700 people were killed in the 7.7-magnitude...
Jurassic dinosaurs milled about ancient Scottish lagoons, leaving up to 131 footprints at a newly discovered stomping ground on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, according to a study published in PLOS One by Tone Blakesley...

Ill-prepared trekkers swarm Mt Etna for high-altitude selfies

Authorities near Sicily's Mount Etna are bracing to control an influx of visitors this weekend, attracted by a two-week flow of lava inspiring high-altitude...

Kilauea is spewing lava again. It is the Hawaii volcano’s latest activity in an on-and-off eruption

Kilauea volcano began shooting lava into the air once again Tuesday on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes,...

Hawaii volcano produces tall lava fountaining in latest episode of Kilauea eruption

A fountain of lava was spewing from a Hawaii volcano Tuesday in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused and resumed. Fountains from a...

Eager visitors flock to see spectacular lava fountaining from Kilauea eruption in Hawaii

People were flocking to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday to get a glimpse of fountaining lava. The eruption that began Dec. 23 in a crater at...

Volcanic eruption burns houses in Indonesia, killing at least 10 people

Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least 10 people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote...

Scientists uncover details of a catastrophic volcanic eruption and flood over 1,000 years ago

In the year 946 CE, the Changbaishan-Tianchi volcano, on the border between China and North Korea, erupted ferociously. The eruption released dozens of cubic...

Pompeii skeleton discovery shows another natural disaster may have made Vesuvius eruption even more deadly

Almost 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger wrote letters describing the shaking ground as Vesuvius erupted. Now, a collaborative study led by researchers from...

Study shows video analysis of Iceland 2010 eruption could improve volcanic ash forecasts for aviation safety

Video footage of Iceland's 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption is providing researchers from the University of Cambridge with rare, up-close observations of volcanic ash clouds—information that...

VIDEO | Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts after half a century

Footage taken from on board a helicopter over Hawaii's Kilauea shows lava fountaining out from fissures and volcanic gases blowing downwind. Kilauea is one...

Iceland volcano spews lava and smoke for a second day

A volcano south of Iceland's capital Reykjavik spewed smoke and lava for a second day on Thursday although at a significantly slower pace, authorities...

Iceland sees string of volcanic eruptions in last three years

Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula has seen a string of volcanic eruptions since 2021 when geological systems dormant for around 800 years became active again. Experts say...

Volcano in Iceland erupts for fifth time since December

A volcano in southwestern Iceland sent glowing hot lava shooting more than 50 metres into the air on Wednesday, its fifth eruption since December...

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