On August 27, 1883, Krakatoa (alternately called Krakatau), an uninhabited volcanic island near Indonesia, erupted spectacularly, expelling huge clouds of gas and ash, generating massive tsunamis, and ...

The eruption of Krakatoa, or Krakatau, in August 1883 was one of the most deadly volcanic eruptions of modern history. It is estimated that more than 36,000 people died. Many died as a result of ...

NASA has shared an amazing aerial photo of the erupting Krakatoa volcano off the coast of Indonesia. A menacing white cloud can be seen spewing from the violent volcano in snaps taken by one of the ...

Krakatoa — the volcano that famously and catastrophically erupted in 1883 — is at it again, erupting Friday night spewing ash and hellfire into the air while social media users begged it not to pile ...

It was 6am on August 26 in 1883, when the volcano on Krakatoa, a small island in Indonesia, catastrophically erupted. This earth-shattering event became the greatest natural disaster of the 19th ...

Here’s an anniversary to make your ears ache. On Aug. 27, 1883, just after 10 a.m., the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia made the loudest sound known to history — a terrifying roar that ...

It’s not the beast it once was. But it is producing some rare effects. A new mound of ash and lava has been steadily growing in the caldera left behind by the enormous explosion which killed some ...

A volcano which has continuously erupted for the past month has triggered a tsunami warning, putting an Indonesian province on high alert. Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency ...

The volcano that apparently triggered a deadly tsunami in Indonesia yesterday emerged from the sea around the legendary Krakatoa 90 years ago and has been on a high-level eruption watchlist for the ...

Krakatoa, the 9-year-old Komodo dragon who died in August, had a viral infection, veterinarians at the University of Florida have concluded. Dr. Darryl Heard said Krakatoa was a young lizard when he ...

Yet despite its infamy, the 1883 eruption was a rather modest affair in terms of the amount of magma that erupted, currently estimated to be about 12 cubic kilometres. In comparison, Tambora, another ...