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 ...

A large volcano in the central Philippines erupted today (Dec. 9) at 3:03 p.m. local time, spouting a column of ash and gas up to 1.86 miles (3 kilometers) into the sky, according to the Philippine ...

Learning how these hard-to-predict and hard-to-escape currents work is paramount to protecting the communities that live in their potential paths. For instance, many pyroclastic density currents ...

Thermal camera footage also released by PHIVOLCS showed pyroclastic density currents — fast-moving flows of hot gas and volcanic material — cascading down the southern slopes of the volcano. The ...

MANILA, Philippines — A series of lava effusions and a strombolian activity or low-level eruption were recorded at Mayon Volcano in Albay, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said ...

There was lava effusion with lava flow observed in Mayon Volcano on the Basud, Bonga, and Misi gullies within the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised on January 6 the status of Mayon Volcano in Albay to Alert ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) on Monday morning logged minor strombolian activity on Mayon Volcano, which remains under Alert Level 3. State volcanologists shared a ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) confirmed a lava-collapse pyroclastic density current (PDC) at Mayon Volcano afernoon on Friday, February 27, 2026.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) on Friday afternoon reported two lava-collapse pyroclastic ...