Here, we've ranked the deadliest eruptions in history. Mount Pelée (1902) Death toll: 30,000 It’s considered the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century. Krakatoa (1883) Death toll ...

August 1883 saw the world tremble with the eruption of Krakatau, a volcano in the Sunda Strait connecting the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. The Krakatau eruption had an explosive force of a ...

It was the biggest eruption in recorded ... that something wasn't right. When Krakatoa, which wasn't even close to the size of a supervolcano, erupted in 1883, it released a roar so loud the ...

More than a thousand earthquakes have rattled the Greek island of Santorini in recent days, raising concerns about the ...

A similar phenomenon was observed after the 1883 Krakatoa eruption, according to the study. The Zavaritskii volcano crater on Simushir Island. The eruption's knock-on effects may have been deadly ...

THE eruption of Krakatau, from May 20 to the end of August 1883, which killed the vegetation of the three islands of the Krakatau group and destroyed some two thirds of the island of Krakatau ...

Witness the awe-inspiring power of nature up close by visiting some of the world's most dangerous volcanoes on hikes. Krakatoa's violent 1883 eruption and Anak Krakatau's frequent activity make it ...

Orange lava is hotter than red. According to the United States Geological Survey, the deadliest eruption in recent history was Krakatoa in 1883. The major cause of destruction was not lava or ...