When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the scolding lava, ash, and gas that poured from its entrails converted the Roman city of Pompeii into a terrifying snapshot of death and destruction. Two ...

Taal Volcano had a minor phreatomagmatic eruption at its main crater on Monday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has said. The minor eruption at 7:38 p.m. was captured by a ...

Phreatic eruption is normal but entry into the permanent danger zone of all active volcanoes, even under Alert Level 0, ...

Ferdinandea did erupt in July to August 1831, however, this was only a 'modest' 'phreatomagmatic' eruption, resulting from magma erupting through water. 'The magnitude of the Ferdinandea ...

MANILA, Philippines — Taal Volcano in Batangas released 4,409 tons of sulfur dioxide following a minor phreatomagmatic eruption on Monday evening, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and ...

which may lead to short-term pressurization and trigger a phreatic or even a minor phreatomagmatic eruption,” Phivolcs warned. The volcano remains under Alert Level 1, indicating abnormal activity.

The volcano first began belching thick ash and steam last Tuesday, its first eruption in more than 50 years. This was a phreatomagmatic eruption - the expulsion of pressurised steam and rock from ...