Explosive volcanic eruptions often come with intense electrical activity, known as volcanogenic lightning. The team analysed ...

An image of Augustine erupting on January 13, 2006, from about 50 miles away from the volcano. Courtesy of Gerald Andrew When Mount St. Augustine in Alaska erupted in mid-January 2006 for the first ...

A dramatic scene was captured on camera as the Taal volcano erupted in the Philippines, with lightning flashing through a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An American tourist from Kansas has died after being struck by lightning while climbing the volcano Mount Etna in Italy on Sunday.

Volcanic lightning looks surreal: an arc of light rises from the volcanic crater, stretching out into the murky skies. Although scientists knew what caused such frightening yet beautiful phenomena, ...

A hike turned fatal for an American tourist on one of Europe's most closely watched volcanoes. Italian media report the man was struck by lightning Sunday on Mount Etna in Sicily after apparently ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) logged a minor phreatomagmatic eruption at the main crater of the Taal Volcano on Thursday. According to a "24 Oras" report, the ...

Learn how a recent U.S. tourist’s death reveals an overlooked danger on the slopes of Europe’s most active volcano. Mount Etna had been sending lava down its slopes and ash into the sky when a 29-year ...

Not to make light—or lightning, I guess—of a man’s death, but when an active volcano known for spewing molten rock and ash and occasionally producing volcanic lightning has signs telling people to ...