TOKYO (AP) — Mount Fuji hasn’t erupted since 1707. But for Volcanic Disaster Preparedness Day, Japanese officials have released computer- and AI-generated videos showing a simulation of a potential ...

TOKYO — Mount Fuji hasn’t erupted since 1707. But for Volcanic Disaster Preparedness Day, Japanese officials have released computer- and AI-generated videos showing a simulation of a potential violent ...

Most people willing to admit it will tell you they love a good disaster documentary. Seeing something come tumbling down in a glorious fashion is indeed its own form of entertainment, unique to ...

Natural disasters have always been a compelling angle for movies, shows, and documentaries to explore. These productions explore threats that seemingly come out of nowhere, devastate whole communities ...

Imagine Mother Nature writing her own disaster movie. Indonesia’s recent volcanic eruption was like that, with signs everyone missed. It was like a Shakespearean tragedy, with the earth as the main ...

The November 1985 eruption of Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz volcano and the resulting Armero disaster marked a turning point in natural hazard and risk research, assessment and mitigation. Here, we ...

The next global volcanic disaster is more likely to come from volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored than from the likes of famous volcanoes such as Etna in Sicily or Yellowstone in ...

Introduction -- Global distribution of active volcanoes / Elizabeth Cottrell -- Basaltic lava flow hazard / Andrew J. L. Harris -- Impacts from volanic ash fall / Thomas M. Wilson, Susanna Jenkins, ...