A volcano in southern Alaska is rumbling with seismic activity, which hints at the possibility that it might soon erupt.

Over the past four centuries, volcanoes have killed more than a quarter million people, most of whom perished ... causes in the wake of an eruption—mudflows, tsunamis, and starvation.

4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm ... now show that these ritual sacrifices coincided with a large volcanic eruption that made the sun disappear throughout Northern ...

Mount Spurr, which sits about 75 miles west of Anchorage, has seen “ volcanic unrest ” for the last 10 months, including an ...

An eruption could cause massive lahars (volcanic mudflows), which would be devastating ... The 2002 eruption displaced over 400,000 people and caused widespread destruction. Visitors can reach ...

Lava flows destroy everything in their path, but most move slowly enough that people can move out of the way. Fresh volcanic ash, made of pulverized rock, can be abrasive, acidic, gritty ...

On the Danish island of Bornholm, small carved pieces from nearly 5,000 years ago may have been volcano-induced sacrifices ... as they knew it for the ancient people of northern Europe in 2900 ...

Task Force Kanlaon head Raul Fernandez says they are worried about a powerful eruption following Thursday's brief volcanic activity ...

Lahars are very destructive volcanic mudflows that can swallow everything ... and Puyallup (and every year or two), and I think 45,000 people participated this year,” Iezzi said.

MAUMERE, Indonesia--Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least 10 people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores.

Volcanic gases, including sulfur dioxide ... and birds fell dead from the sky. A boiling-hot mudflow had even streamed down the mountainside, burying a sugar refinery and its workers.

Throughout history, volcanic eruptions have had serious consequences ... “It is reasonable to believe that the Neolithic people on Bornholm wanted to protect themselves from further ...