A superheated torrent of gas, rock, and volcanic debris tore 4 kilometers down Mayon volcano’s Mi-isi Gully in early June ...
A 4-kilometer pyroclastic flow raced down Mayon volcano’s Mi-isi Gully in June 2026, marking the farthest-reaching flow of its current eruption. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology ...
Avalanches of ash, gas and rock that cascade downhill during volcanic eruptions may be even more dangerous than scientists had realized. Pulses of high pressure form within these slides, known as ...
Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) represent some of the most formidable and complex volcanic phenomena, characterised by a turbulent mixture of solid particles and gases that surge down slopes at ...