A volcanic explosion, somewhere in the tropics, may have increased European trade with central Asia—which brought fleas carrying the bubonic plague.

The death toll from a volcano eruption in Indonesia has risen to 23 after 10 more bodies were discovered, officials said Wednesday. Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia's Mount Marapi ...

Rescuers carry the body of a victim of the eruption of Mount Marapi in Batu Palano, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of the volcano found more ...

Ash from the explosion may have led to crop failure and famine in southern Europe, leading some Italian cities to import ...

A volcanic eruption around 1345 may have set off a chain reaction that unleashed Europe's deadliest pandemic the Black Death, scientists say. Clues preserved in tree rings suggest the eruption ...

More details have come to light regarding Juliana Marins’ death. After the Brazilian tourist was found dead in Mount Rinjani in Indonesia, coroners from the country have confirmed her cause of death.

The Black Death — one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, estimated to have killed up to half of Europe’s population — might have been set in motion by a volcanic eruption, a new study ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Rescuers used heavy machinery and shovels found the bodies of more victims of an eruption at Guatemala's Volcano of Fire on Monday, and rescuers pulled 10 people still alive ...

Ever wonder what it would look like to be engulfed in a lava fountain as you choke on volcanic ash and burn to death? No? Well, you’re wondering now, aren’t you? Don’t worry, what you’re about to see ...

SAO PAULO — A young Brazilian hiker who fell hundreds of meters from the ridge of a towering Indonesian volcano and was trapped there for almost four days was found dead on Tuesday, Brazil’s ...