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 ...

A fiery force beneath the ocean is reshaping Tonga’s Home Reef, growing an island through eruptions over the past few years.

The island was formed by the eruption of Home Reef – a submarine volcano found in the Central Tonga Islands between Lateiki ...

The eruption began at 10:16 a.m. when molten rock broke through the surface inside Halemaʻumaʻu Crater. Within 30 minutes, a vent blasted lava 330 feet (100 meters) high, according to the Hawaiian ...

There are many different kinds of volcanoes, ranging from the Hawaiian type, which produces gentle, effusive eruptions that tourists can observe from mere steps away, to the andesitic variety ...

Two broad categories of eruption, effusive and explosive, can describe the habits of a particular volcano. Effusive eruptions involve the outpouring of basaltic lava that flows quite easily and ...

we assume that future eruptions will be similar . . . effusive eruptions, something like the lava flows on Kilauea today, and slightly vigorous lava fountains and fissures that could produce ...

Mayors in the area have issued ordnances forbidding people from approaching the lava too closely. Read more at ...

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