Natural disasters do not recognise sovereignty, military strength or economic rank. Yet when they strike at the right — or ...

Several volcanoes around the world are being woken up on purpose. The mission? To use volcanic eruptions to protect the Earth ...

State volcanogists warned Saturday that the heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon or Habagat may trigger volcanic mudflows or debris flows, known locally as lahar, at Pinatubo and Taal ...

A recent NASA-funded study has linked the 1991 eruption of the Mount Pinatubo to a strengthening of a climate pattern called the Arctic Oscillation. For two years following the volcanic eruption, the ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on late Saturday morning issued an advisory to warn locals against potential volcanic ...

Volcanic eruptions are usually associated with heat, fire, and destruction, yet some of the most powerful eruptions in history have temporarily cooled the entire planet. Scientists have documented ...

WHEN Mount Pinatubo erupted in 1991 it killed hundreds of people and displaced around a million from their homes. But that may not have been the end of it. Fine ash from the Philippine volcano could ...