Mount Nyiragongo is rarely calm. The mountainous volcano in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the few places in the world to feature a persistent lake of lava ...

NAIROBI — Fifteen people have died in a volcano eruption in Congo late Saturday that turned the sky above a fearsome red and sent thousands fleeing from a city that was devastated by lava flows ...

In late 2001, Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was growing restless. Plumes of smoke issued from the central crater, alarming volcanologists in the nearby city of Goma.

A possible new eruption of the volcano Mount Nyiragongo has forced tens of thousands to flee Goma. The volcano erupted on Saturday, killing 32 people. More than 600 000 residents have been ordered to ...

If you’ve been following the eruption of Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the past week, you’ve probably heard the term ‘limnic eruption’ mentioned a few times.

A new study explains how Nyiragongo, a volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was relatively quiet before its eruption last year took everyone by surprise. The Mount Nyiragongo volcano near ...

Mount Nyiragongo exploded on May 22, leaving hundreds of thousands of displaced people amid threats of new disasters. transcript Scientists are working to assess the risk of a volcanic eruption ...

In May 2021, Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes, burst to life without warning. Lava erupted from fissures and flowed down the mountain toward cities below ...

Mount Nyiragongo, an active volcano on the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, erupted for six hours in May of last year. Staff at the Goma Volcanic Observatory failed to ...

DR Congo's Mount Nyiragongo has erupted for the first time in nearly two decades - but a city directly in the path of the lava flow has so far been spared. Many thousands of people fled the city ...