A massive eruption from Mount Lewotobi on Indonesia’s Flores Island has sent ash soaring over 11km into the sky, triggering ...

And a single eruption can have long-ranging consequences: according to a 2010 paper published in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, after a pyroclastic flow-forming eruption on Semeru, lahars ...

Analyzing pyroclastic flows in real life is not only difficult, but also profoundly dangerous. So a team of scientists decided to replicate them in a laboratory using a literal ton of volcanic ...

Pyroclastic flows can be extremely dangerous as they travel at average speeds of 60 miles per hour (100 kmph) and can reach temperatures up to 1,000°C (1,800°F).

STILL RUMBLING | Mayon Volcano continuously generates pyroclastic density currents and lava flow as seen in this photo taken at 5:40 p.m. on Monday, July 10, 2023, in Daraga, Albay.

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The event climaxed around 11:23 a.m. when the pyroclastic flow, triggered when magma mixed with snow, traveled 2 kilometers (more than a mile) to the Valle del Leone within a minute. By late ...