Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) represent some of the most formidable and complex volcanic phenomena, characterised by a turbulent mixture of solid particles and gases that surge down slopes at ...

Volcanologist Professor Chris Jackson discovers evidence of the deadly pyroclastic flow. Volcanologist Professor Chris Jackson reveals the power of the deadly pyroclastic flow that had swept through ...

After an eruption, DIY cushions of gas help searing torrents of gas, ash, and rock spread miles from their source within a matter of minutes. Pyroclastic flows contain a deadly combination of hot rock ...

Volcanoes are notoriously deadly, but there’s no more frightening a way to meet your own personalized doom than via a pyroclastic flow. These fast-moving ferocious fires look more like summoned demons ...

An explosion on the slopes of Stromboli sent an avalanche of pyroclastic flow rushing down the side of the Italian volcano on Monday (Nov. 16). The stronger-than-usual explosion was captured on ...

One of the leading killers during explosive volcanic eruptions is a family of superheated gas, ash, and debris known as pyroclastic density currents. These tumbling, turbulent paroxysms rush downslope ...

Pyroclastic flows are the most infamously deadly feature of volcanic eruptions. Lava may melt you, geothermal lakes may broil you, ash may choke you and bombs may shoot through you, but pyroclastic ...

MILAN (AP) — Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, has again captivated the world with a spectacular show, spewing smoke and high into the sky. But the defining event of Monday’s ...

Imagine a 1,300-degree avalanche of rocks, gas, ash and debris roaring toward you at speeds of up to 50 mph. That's exactly what happened to dozens of Guatemalans on Sunday, when the nation's infamous ...

Guatemala’s Volcan de Fuego — Volcano of Fire — erupted spectacularly Sunday, shooting a plume of ash and gas nearly six miles into the sky and spreading ash and debris across towns and farms more ...