A wall of superheated rock and gas tore down the slopes of Mayon Volcano on the evening of May 2, 2026, after unstable lava near the summit collapsed without warning. The pyroclastic flows traveled roughly 4 kilometers through established gullies on the volcano’s flanks,

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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.

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.

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

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted on Wednesday, shooting volcanic ash more than 30,000 feet into the sky, the country’s volcanology agency said, forcing authorities to raise the alert system to its highest level.

New images from the Mars Express spacecraft show ancient volcanic ash spreading across the Red Planet.

The wide swath of agricultural crop lands potentially affected by volcanic ash from restive Mayon Volcano in Albay is about the size of Mandaluyong City, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) said Saturday. In a statement, PhilSA said the estimated ash ...