The "Ringed Lady" of Herculaneum is one of the most important discoveries from the ancient city that was buried by the ...

It highlights the lethal danger of even diluted pyroclastic surges, which may not cause structural damage but can be fatal due to their intense heat." Dr PierPaolo Petrone, ...

The Whakaari/White Island eruption was an ash plum and pyroclastic surge that affected the entire crater area. Pyroclastic flows killed the residents of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 AD.

But then suddenly the surge, the pyroclastic flow, would have just swept me off my feet, and that would have been the end of me. ERUPTION GRUMBLES. The Black Frescoes. Video has Closed Captions CC.

The victim died when he was engulfed by the fast-moving, extremely hot ash cloud of the pyroclastic surge. His brain rapidly heated to a temperature exceeding 510°C.

Guatemala's Fuego volcano shot ash miles into the air on Friday as authorities said they had evacuated more than 700 people ...

The people of Pampanga will once again commemorate the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo on Sunday, June 15.The climactic eruption of the 600-year dormant volcano began ...

Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, spewed smoke and ash high into the air. But the defining event of Monday’s eruption was the more rare pyroclastic flow from the ...