Volcanologist Professor Chris Jackson discovers evidence of the deadly pyroclastic flow. Volcanologist Professor Chris Jackson reveals the power of the deadly pyroclastic flow that had swept through ...

MILAN (AP) — Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, has again captivated the world with a spectacular show, spewing smoke and high into the sky. But the defining event of Monday’s ...

Mount Etna, the rambunctious volcano on the Italian island of Sicily, grumbled back to life on Monday, spewing hot ash and lava in a pyroclastic flow, the nation's volcano monitoring body said. There ...

As many as 30,000 Romans fled the ruined region in A.D. 79. But some returned, a new study reveals, and the city limped on as a fragile, ashen shantytown.

A fragment of the glass found within the skull of a college custodian in the Roman town of Herculaneum. Pier Paolo Petrone In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the nearby ancient Roman city of ...

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 ...

Italy's Mount Etna, Europe's tallest volcano, erupted on June 2, causing tourists to seek safety. Several videos online have shown people fleeing as smoke and ash billowed from the side of the volcano ...

The 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius obliterated the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum with a blast that had the ...