What happens when a volcano explodes with the force of 200 megatons? The Krakatoa eruption of 1883 was so powerful that it wiped out entire communities, created massive tsunamis, and altered Earth’s ...
Yet recently the frequency of smaller eruptions venting steam ... For comparison, when the Krakatau (or Krakatoa) volcano, also in Indonesia, erupted in 1883, it created a sonic boom that could ...
For the last two hundred years, it has been something of a cliche to tremble before the might and majesty of nature - but when it comes to 'shock and awe', the statistics that surround the eruption of ...
THE eruption of Krakatau, from May 20 to the end of August 1883, which killed the vegetation of the three islands of the Krakatau group and destroyed some two thirds of the island of Krakatau ...
First Person - RNZ Pacific reporter, Iliesa Tora, reflects on the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption, saying people need to take tsunami warnings seriously.
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. RETRANSMISSION CORRECTING SOURCE In this photo provided by Janice Wei, a fountain of lava spews from an ...
It last erupted in 2015 but has a history of more than 50 different eruptions over the last 800 years. The good news is that because the top of the volcano is still 4,500 feet below the ocean’s ...