Category Pyroclastic Flows

Large explosion reported at La Soufrière Volcano in St Vincent

The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) today reported a “large explosion” at the La Soufriere volcano. In a brief update posted on its website, the SRC said that its team monitoring the…

Hundreds flee as Mount Semeru spews lava and ash in Java, Indonesia

Photo Illustration Hundreds of Indonesians have fled their villages after a rumbling volcano spewed hot ash thousands of metres into the air and belched lava down its crater. Mount Semeru on Java island spouted the towering column on Tuesday, prompting…

Incandescent Avalanches at Sinabung Volcano in Sumatra, Indonesia

Incandescent avalanches from Sinabung volcano on 28 October (image: Firdaus Surbakti/twitter) The activity of the volcano has remained essentially unchanged and characterized by pyroclastic flows over the past days. Courtesy of volcanodiscovery.com