Ash clouds are made of tiny particles that were lofted into the atmosphere from a volcanic eruption and can have a huge impact, even thousands of miles from the eruption.

When a volcano erupts, it’s usually the bright orange lava that’s the star of the show, however, ash clouds can be just as impressive. Ash clouds are made up of fine particles of rock ...

Kanlaon Volcano spewed a 13,000ft (4,000m) ash plume that towered over homes on Negros island today, April 8. Video shows the massive ash tower looming over houses amid the 'explosive eruption'.

A young man was lying in bed when a viciously hot cloud of ash swept down from the erupting Mount Vesuvius and turned his brain to glass almost 2,000 years ago. That is the theory put forward by ...

When a large volcano erupts, as Mount Spurr appears close to doing about 80 miles from Anchorage, Alaska, it can release enormous volumes of ash. Fine ash can infiltrate the lungs of people and ...

Footage captured by the Red Sismologica Nacional Universidad de Costa Rica (RSN-UCR)’s live camera shows a thick cloud of ash rising above the volcano on Tuesday morning. “More energetic episodes were ...

"The sound seemed like a big rock had fallen from a high place, then I looked up and saw the (ash cloud) getting bigger and bigger from the volcano," she told AFP. "When I saw the ash of course I ...

The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland explosively erupted on14 April sending a huge ash cloud into the atmosphere and the weather pattern directed it towards Europe. Creating the worst ...