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 ...

Volcano Anak Krakatoa is once again worrying Indonesia. After the recent eruption from one of the volcano’s craters the Indonesian meteorological department (BMKG) has raised its risk assessment to ...

The eruption of the Indonesian volcano, Krakatoa, was one of the most violent eruptions in recent human history – completely destroying the island on which it resides. Image of Krakatoa Volcano.

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 ...

THE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS IN THE STRAITS OF SUNDA. (BY TELEGRAPH) (From our special correspondent) COOKTOWN, Wednesday. The latest news from Batavia states that over an extent of some 80 miles of country ...

One hundred and twenty-five years ago this Wednesday occurred the biggest bang the inhabited world has ever known. Indonesia's Krakatoa volcano erupted. It did so with the force of 13,000 Hiroshima ...