Category Active Volcano

Pyroclastic flows destroy village on southern flank at Sinabung volcano in Sumatra, Indonesia

Image: @endrolewa / twitter A series of strong pyroclastic flows occurred yesterday 28 April 2015, reaching 3-4.5 km distance. The largest, at 18:20 local time touched and burnt the (evacuated) village of Guru Kinayan on the southern slope of the…

Mount Kilauea Could Be On The Verge Of Eruption As Lava Reaches Highest Point In Hawaii

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, or HVO, reports that the rising lava on Mount Kilauea was just 13 feet away from the crater’s rim. That is a warning sign that the most active of all volcanoes in Hawaii’s Big Island could…