G eologists are closely monitoring Mount Spurr in the Aleutian Arc of Alaska, USA, after continued volcanic unrest. The ...

If Mount Spurr does erupt, it could produce explosive plumes of ash, destructive mudslides called lahars and avalanches of ...

Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced thousands of earthquakes this month while researchers have ...

The eruption spat out a pyroclastic flow of volcanic ash, toxic gases and other materials that killed nearly 2,000 people in the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum while burying ...

HILIGAYNON SOURCEBOOKS. Sourcebooks on the descriptions of earthquake and volcanic hazards written in Hiligaynon developed through the DANAS (Disaster Narratives) Project. The Philippine Institute of ...

Better awareness of these features also strengthens our understanding of earthquake and volcanic hazards. Regions experiencing active rifting may face ground deformation or other geologic risks that ...

and the agency strongly advises against entry into the permanent danger zone (PDZ) within a six-kilometer radius. Residents near the volcano are urged to take precautionary measures against ashfall, ...

One lesson from the damage caused by the destructive typhoon that hit Japan in October last year is the need to improve hazard maps that visualize projected data for natural hazards. Hazard maps ...

And wet snow hazard could be wet snow avalanches or also slush flows.’’ Data from these field tests - crucial to determining the stability of a snowpack - is being used to validate the slush ...

BACOLOD CITY (PIA) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warns authorities and communities near Kanlaon Volcano of the threat of Pyroclastic Density Currents (PDC). In ...