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 ...

Scientists think they’ve figured out how pyroclastic flows, fast-moving bringers of death during volcanic events, can travel such incredible distances and speeds despite the friction between the ...

Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-Phivolcs) has recorded the largest pyroclastic density current (PDC) since January, causing heavy ashfall that has affected 32 barangays in ...

Pyroclastic flow is kind of like the alien wall of fire in Independence Day. It's full of rocks, ash and hot gas You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an ...

MANILA, Philippines — Since showing increased activity earlier this year, Mayon Volcano generated its "largest" pyroclastic density current so far, with an ash plume reaching up to 1,000 meters on ...

Dumping literal tons of hot volcanic material down a lab flume may finally have revealed how searing mixtures of hot gas and rock travel so far from volcanic eruptions. These pyroclastic flows can ...

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Mount Sinabung in Indonesia has been exploding with ash and debris since early June, now in its fifth year of activity since the long-dormant volcano came back online after hundreds of years of ...

There are several ways pyroclastic flow can develop during an volcanic eruption. (AFP) Guatemala's Volcan de Fuego - Volcano of Fire - erupted spectacularly Sunday, shooting a plume of ash and gas ...