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Volcanic Eruptions

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Kilauea Breaks Single‑Eruption Lava‑Fountain Record With 48th Episode

USGS monitoring shows the eruption remains intense with signs that another episode could form.

Mount Rainier Lahars Could Reach Orting, Puyallup and Sumner in About 30 Minutes, Scientists Warn

Green Fireball Flashes Over Erupting Mayon as Agency Confirms It Burned Up

Meteoro Lights Sky Near Erupting Mayon, PHIVOLCS Says It Broke Up in Air

Mount St. Helens, 46 Years Later, Is Quiet Under Watch

Dukono Eruption Kills Three Climbers on Indonesia’s Halmahera

Dukono Eruption Leaves At Least 20 Hikers Missing on Indonesia's Halmahera

Kīlauea Erupts for 44th Time With Towering Lava Fountains, Prompting Closures

Lava From Réunion’s Piton de la Fournaise Reaches the Sea for First Time Since 2007

Lava From Piton de la Fournaise Cuts Réunion’s RN2 for First Time Since 2007

Kīlauea’s Latest Summit Eruption Sends 30,000-Foot Ash Plume, Triggers Park and Highway Closures

Mud Volcano Near San Juan de Urabá Erupts in Fiery Blast, Forcing Evacuations and Damaging Infrastructure

Parícutin at 83: Mexico Commemorates the Volcano Witnessed From Birth

Kīlauea’s Latest Summit Episode Pauses After Nearly 10 Hours of 1,300-Foot Lava Fountains

Kīlauea’s New Eruption Launches 300-Meter Lava Fountains in Episode 42

Canary Islands Tighten Teide Monitoring After Rare Seismic Vibration Repeats

El Chichón Unrest Persists as Mexico Maintains Yellow Alert

Sabancaya Volcano Erupts With 3,400-Meter Ash Plume Over Arequipa as Orange Alert Holds

PNAS Study Maps Pompeii’s Water Shift From Wells to Aqueduct, Revealing Hygiene Trade‑Offs

Kīlauea’s Summit Activity Prompts Aviation Code Orange as Short Eruptions Continue