On May 2, a collapsing lava front on Mayon Volcano sent a superheated torrent of gas, ash, and rock 5.08 kilometers down its southeastern slopes, the longest pyroclastic flow recorded since the ...

The superheated avalanche tore down Mayon Volcano’s southeastern flank in minutes, traveling 5.08 kilometers from the summit before grinding to a halt in a drainage channel above the farming ...

A pyroclastic flow (also known as a pyroclastic density current or a pyroclastic cloud) is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively known as tephra) that flows along the ...