A wall of superheated rock and gas tore down the slopes of Mayon Volcano on the evening of May 2, 2026, after unstable lava near the summit collapsed without warning. The pyroclastic flows traveled roughly 4 kilometers through established gullies on the volcano’s flanks,

Nearly 200,000 people in 124 villages in the northeastern Philippines were affected and over 5,400 fled massive plumes of ash that billowed from Mayon volcano over the weekend due to the collapse

This past March, a team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists — two of whom travelled from Hawaii — visited El Salvador in Central America for volcanological field studies and a workshop on lava flow hazards.

What appeared to be a mini-volcano erupted with fire and smoke along Santa Barbara's coast Thursday. But experts say there are no volcanos in this area. What caused the fiery reaction?

A volcano near a major naval base on Russia's eastern coast erupted early Sunday after a powerful magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck in the Pacific about 63 miles away, according to Russian state-run media. It briefly triggered a "code red" warning for aircraft.

Authorities in the Philippines have since banned travel within about a 3.7-mile radius of the Mayon volcano

LUCENA CITY — Taal Volcano recorded a sharp increase in sulfur dioxide emissions, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Friday, May 8. In its latest 24-hour monitoring report,

Kanlaon volcano on the island of Negros unleashed five separate ash explosions within a single 24-hour period in late May 2026, sending columns of ash as high as 5 kilometers above the summit and blanketing farming communities across Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental in gray debris.