scientists warn that the primary threat is not lava, but lahars-destructive mudflows that can engulf entire towns within minutes. Unlike traditional volcanic eruptions, lahars-fast-moving flows of ...
The ash was from cold lava, known as "lahar" in Javanese, a hot or cold mixture of water and rock fragments that flows down ...
The biggest danger from the volcano are lahars, a mixture of ash, rock, mud and debris, that can bury entire towns. A 2018 ...
When this volcano eventually blows, it won't be lava flows or choking clouds of ash that threaten surrounding cities, but lahars: violent, fast-moving mudflows that can tear across entire ...
The eruption of the 3,676-metre-high volcano happened between 2.38am and 9.27am (local time), with southwesterly winds.
When it erupted in 1933, the lava from Mount Dukono flowed northward and damaged farmland and local infrastructure.
Lava is the word for magma when it erupts onto the Earth's surface. Geologists also use the term to describe the solidified deposits of lava flows and fragments hurled into the air by explosive ...
Cold lava, also known as "lahar" in Javanese, comprises a mixture of water and rock fragments that flows rapidly down the slopes of a volcano, entering river valleys and spreading across wide areas.