A pyroclastic flow completely destroyed the town of St Pierre when it ... megatonnes of sulphur were released into the atmosphere during the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo. This caused the global air ...

Mount Redoubt has many names ... “Volcanoes cause a lot of direct deaths, whether from pyroclastic flows, lahars, volcanic gases, and of course, a huge eruption itself,” says Andrew Tupper ...

Animals face immediate dangers from lava flows, toxic gases, and ash falls ... Following the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, researchers documented significant population declines ...

Experts predict that every town in a 50-mile (80km) radius would be all but annihilated by the same pyroclastic flows ... in the smaller eruptions of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 and Krakatoa in 1883 ...

The volcano eruption at Mount Tambora in 1815, which is in present-day Indonesia ... That proximity could put major population centers at risk if the blast sends out pyroclastic flows or thick ash.

The eruption of Mount Augustine in 2006 lasted for several months ... “Volcanoes cause a lot of direct deaths, whether from pyroclastic flows, lahars, volcanic gases, and of course, a huge eruption ...

This simplified hazard map around Mount St. Helens in Washington State highlights zones at risk for hazards such as near-volcano pyroclastic flows and ... of Mount Pinatubo on the island of ...

The eruption's pyroclastic flows and ashfall led to the deaths ... campaigns in volcanic hazard mitigation. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991 was one of the most ...

Meanwhile, pyroclastic flows from the volcano melted glaciers in their path ... was presented at the Congress of Mayence and almost immediately put to good use. In 1991, as Mount Pinatubo began to ...

And, to be fair, it’s not hard to see why. From Pompeii to Montserrat via Mount Pinatubo, Vesuvius and Krakatoa, volcanic eruptions and the subsequent tsunamis, pyroclastic flows, mudslides and clouds ...

The previously estimated date was based on radiocarbon dating of the trees that had been preserved in the pyroclastic flow ... eruption of the Philippines' Mount Pinatubo in 1991.

From a distance, Associated Press journalists watched lava flow down the volcano's southeastern ... and volcanic eruptions occur. In 1991, Mount Pinatubo north of Manila blew its top in one ...