This Month
Tourists flee as Mount Etna erupts in Sicily
The Italian volcano sent ash plumes thousands of metres into the air, but authorities said there was no danger to human life.
March 2023
Volcano eruption blocks out the sun, closes mines
Mount Merapi, on the densely populated island of Java, unleashed clouds of hot ash 100 metres into the air and sent lava down the slopes near villages.
November 2022
They died doing what they loved – chasing volcanoes
A new documentary about French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft tells the surprisingly uplifting tale of a very romantic death.
January 2022
COVID-19 disrupts aid flight to tsunami-hit Tonga
The UN says assessment teams have reached most parts of the country, including remote and isolated islands, and it is concerned about access to safe water for 50,000 people.
First aid flights arrive in Tonga
New Zealand and Australia each sent military transport planes that were carrying water containers, kits for temporary shelters, generators, hygiene supplies and communications equipment.
Tsunami-hit Tonga islands suffered ‘catastrophic’ damage
Tonga police have told the New Zealand High Commission that the confirmed death toll stands at two, but with communications in the South Pacific island nation cut, the true extent of casualties was not clear.
Tonga shrouded by ash and mystery after volcano eruption
As concerns grew, the nation of about 100,000 remained largely cut off from the rest of world, its undersea internet cables knocked out of commission by the volcano.
December 2021
Death toll rises to 13 in Indonesia volcano eruption
Mount Semeru in East Java spewed columns of ash more than 12,000 metres into the sky, and searing gas and lava flowed down its slopes after a sudden eruption.
May 2021
Thousands flee as volcano erupts in eastern Congo
Nyiragongo’s last eruption in 2002 killed 250 people and left 120,000 homeless. It is one of the world’s most active volcanoes and is considered among the most dangerous.
January 2020
Lava gushes from Philippine volcano as ash spreads to Manila
Red-hot lava gushed out of a Philippine volcano on Monday after a sudden eruption of ash and steam that forced villagers to flee and shut down Manila's international airport, offices and schools.
Mourners farewell volcano victim
About 600 mourners farewelled 53-year-old Gavin Dallo during a funeral service held at Adelaide Oval.
December 2019
Police end search for last two volcano victims
Sydney teenager Winona Langford and New Zealand tour guide Hayden Marshall-Inman were presumed to have been killed in the eruption, but their bodies were never found.
Death toll from volcano eruption rises to 19
Another person had died in hospital as a result of burns sustained when tourists were caught in a volcanic eruption in New Zealand two weeks ago.
Payne breaks down speaking about volcano victims
The Foreign minister is overcome when speaking about the victims of the White Island eruption.
Volcano penalties could be up to five years' jail
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that official inquiries into last week's fatal volcano eruption could take up to a year, and will carry potential criminal penalties of up to five years in jail.
Search for White Island victims hindered by toxic air, water
Police released the names of a further four victims on Sunday and a further victim died in hospital, bringing the death toll of Australians to 10.
Recovery team face knee-deep ash, boiling acid
The bodies were more than a quarter-mile from shore, some on higher ground, on a scorched, moonlike landscape shrouded in toxic gas.
Tragedy forces New Zealand to reassess risk
Rocked by earthquakes and volcano eruptions, New Zealand is a nation that has had to look more closely at risk – and how it is assessed – than most other countries have had to.
Safety questions 'must be answered': Ardern
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has conceded questions about safety on the country's most active volcano "must be answered", as the search for bodies missing on White Island continues.
Six bodies recovered expected to be Australian
New Zealand authorities have recovered six of the victims left behind on White Island eruption lifting the death toll of Australians to 16.