Pyroclastic flow is kind of like the alien wall of fire in “Independence Day.” It’s full of rocks, ash and hot gas. It blasts across the ground at speeds over 50 mph and is incredibly hot ...

Pyroclastic flows are the signature fireworks of the most explosive kinds of volcanic eruptions. These mixtures of ash, lava blebs and broiling gas are normally at temperatures between 200°C and ...

The eruption of the Fuego volcano—or volcano of fire—in Guatemala on Sunday and the flows that followed have killed more than 60 people so far, according to authorities. The volcano is one of ...

Pyroclastic flows contain a deadly combination of hot rock fragments and gas. Temperatures regularly top 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and these torrents can careen down mountainsides at hundreds of ...

Pyroclastic flows are made up of a mix of hot lava, pumice, ash and volcanic gases. They can reach temperatures of up to 1,000 degrees Celsius and can—in extreme cases—move down the slopes of ...

The researchers also analyzed the first measurements of pressures in natural flows, collected in 2019, when pyroclastic flows burst from the Whakaari volcano and engulfed a set of infrasound ...

More recently, pyroclastic flows from Mount Merapi in Indonesia caused most of the casualties during the volcano’s 2010 eruption. Pyroclastic flows are some of the most fearsome hazards posed by ...

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Scientists have also noted a sharp increase in rockfall events and pyroclastic flows from the volcano’s lava dome, according to the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS).

Pyroclastic flow is full of rocks, ash and hot gas. It blasts across the ground at speeds over 50 mph and is incredibly hot — sometimes over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

Guatemala's Volcan de Fuego -- Volcano of Fire -- erupted spectacularly Sunday, shooting a plume of ash and gas nearly 6 miles into the sky and spreading ash and debris across towns and farms more ...