About 70 Congolese children who have been unable to find their families four days after a deadly volcanic eruption could be ...

This striking, false-color satellite image shows the intense heat coming from a pair of lava lakes that emerged on simultaneously erupting volcanoes in Congo. The neighboring peaks are among Africa's ...

Volcanoes are nature's most dramatic rocks, and while their eruptions can be awe-inspiring, they also pose serious threats to nearby communities and global climates. Mount Vesuvius is notorious for ...

The Mt. Nyiragongo volcano is one of the most active in the world. It overlooks Goma, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that is home to 2 million people. The volcano last erupted on May ...

Following the eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on 22 May, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is assessing the needs of affected communities in the city ...

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) estimated that 31 people died as an indirect result of the eruption and a further 40 werereported missing. For years, ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Torrents of lava poured into villages after dark in eastern Congo with little warning, leaving at least 15 people dead amid the chaos and destroying more than 500 homes, officials ...

Some cities just happen to exist uncomfortably close to volcanoes. That kind of proximity affects routines, infrastructure, and how people think about risk. Scientists surveil shifting ground and ...