Tephra is fragmented volcanic material — including ash, rock and strands of volcanic glass — blasted into the air during an eruption.

On March 10th the Kilauea volcano erupted towers of lava and ash in Hawaii. The lava towers reached a height of 1300 feet, with fountains rising on the north and south side of the volcano. The USGS ...

The well-known Mount Kīlauea Volcano erupted for the 43rd time on Tuesday in Hawaii. Kilauea latest eruption shot lava 1300 feet in the air and tephra fell in nearby communities. Iran unleashes ...

A new permanent exhibition has opened in Pompeii that shows plaster casts of people killed in the Mount Vesuvius eruption, frozen in their final moments ...

The formidable Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii has erupted once more, launching enormous lava fountains and volcanic ash high into ...

Lava effusion is a normal occurrence in active volcanoes, but communities should watch for lava flows, the head of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Thursday. The ...

Highway 11 and most trails accessible from trailheads in open areas at the summit are open. The park will reopen other areas as soon as they are cleared. Check the park website for future updates.

Two hours after fountaining began, the Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense Agency issued a Volcano Warning. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park closed as a result, as did Highway 11 between the 27 and 40 mile ...

The National Park Service issued a press release on Tuesday, alerting visitors and residents that Kīlauea summit in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was being temporarily evacuated and closed due to an ...

HONOLULU (AP) — The latest lava fountaining episode of an erupting Hawaii volcano reached 1,000 feet high Tuesday, prompting ...

The number 43 is for Episode 43 of the ongoing Kīlauea volcano episodic summit eruption that ejected that tephra during just more than 9 hours of sustained high lava fountaining that began shortly ...