Mount Rainier has rattled through thousands of tiny earthquakes this year, a reminder that America’s most lethal volcano is ...

When thinking of the world's most dangerous volcanoes, I am sure you imagine the largest of them. When thinking of something dangerous, I expect it to be large, or at least well-known. However, ...

Millions of tonnes of ash and rock from an erupting Philippine volcano could bury nearby communities due to heavy rain, authorities said Saturday, as tens of thousands flee over fears of a deadly ...

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia - Searing gas and molten lava poured from Indonesia's deadly volcano Wednesday in an explosion three times as powerful as last week's devastating blast, chasing people from ...

When individuals hear volcanoes, they tend to envision blazing eruptions blasting into the air. However, volcanoes can also collapse sideways, with their sides, or flanks, collapsing. Such a collapse ...

Washington state may not have to worry about hurricanes, but it is volcano country. The United States has 161 active volcanoes – all in the western U.S. – but only 18 are classified as a "very high ...

On the slopes of an Oregon volcano, engineers are building the hottest geothermal power plant on Earth. The plant will tap into the infernal energy of Newberry Volcano, “one of the largest and most ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Geothermal energy accounts for only 0.4 percent of the U.S.’s energy output, but by using a technique known as “superhot rocks,” that number could ...

A volcanic eruption around the year 1345 may have set off a chain reaction that unleashed Europe's deadliest pandemic, the ...

A deadly volcano in Indonesia spewed another searing cloud of ash down its slopes Sunday, prompting panic and chaos among thousands of villagers who had taken advantage of a lull in activity to rush ...