This photo from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, shows smoke billowing into the sky after the Kanlaon volcano eruption in the Philippines on December 9, 2024. On Monday ...

A large volcano in the central Philippines erupted today (Dec. 9) at 3:03 p.m. local time, spouting a column of ash and gas up to 1.86 miles (3 kilometers) into the sky, according to the ...

Located in the so-called Pacific “Ring of Fire,” a region prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, the Philippines is also lashed by about 20 typhoons and storms a year, making one of the world’s ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday a day after a ...

Kanlaon Volcano may have a hazardous eruption in the following weeks, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said on Tuesday. PHIVOLCS chief Teresito Bacolcol said Alert ...

Rising more than 8,000 feet above sea level on the central island of Negros, Kanlaon is one of 24 active volcanoes in the Philippines. A nearly four-minute eruption Monday afternoon sending a 2.5 ...

In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, an explosive eruption occurred at the summit vent of Kanlaon volcano, as seen from Mansalanao, Negros ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, an explosive ...

“It sounded like a cannon,” Mayor Jose Chubasco Cardenas of Canlaon city, which lies southeast of the volcano, told The Associated Press by telephone. “There have been quiet eruptions ...