Philippine officials say nearly 200,000 people have been affected by massive plumes of ash that billowed from Mayon volcano over the weekend due to the collapse of lava deposits from its slopes.

This past March, a team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists — two of whom travelled from Hawaii — visited El Salvador in Central America for volcanological field studies and a workshop on lava flow hazards.

HONOLULU (AP) — Lava shoots high into the sky. Molten rock erupts from two vents simultaneously. The nighttime sky glows red and orange, reflecting the lava oozing across a summit crater. Scientists expect Kilauea volcano to again gush lava in the coming ...

Authorities in the Philippines have since banned travel within about a 3.7-mile radius of the Mayon volcano

LUCENA CITY — Taal Volcano recorded a sharp increase in sulfur dioxide emissions, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Friday, May 8. In its latest 24-hour monitoring report,

Kanlaon volcano on the island of Negros unleashed five separate ash explosions within a single 24-hour period in late May 2026, sending columns of ash as high as 5 kilometers above the summit and blanketing farming communities across Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental in gray debris.

Near-constant activity continues on the volcano in Russia. Shivelyuch (also called Shiveluch), the most northerly active volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, is one of the most active volcanoes in the world.

Capulin Volcano National Monument will host Dark Sky viewing programs on select nights this summer, giving visitors a chance to see planets, galaxies, nebulae and other features of the night sky.