In 1991, Mount Pinatubo in the northern Philippines exploded in one of the biggest volcanic eruptions of the 20th century, killing about 800 people, covering entire towns and cities in ash and ...

Avid hiker Maria and her boyfriend were among the dozens of travellers who booked a tour of the Philippines’ Mount Pinatubo for April 18. Pinatubo, an active volcano, had its last major eruption in ...

“ Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines. It destroyed two major U.S. installations: Clark Air Base, which is where I was stationed, and Subic Bay, which was a naval facility,” Johnson said.

Mount Pinatubo, on Luzon island in the northern Philippines, erupted in 1991 after lying dormant for 600 years. That eruption buried dozens of villages under tonnes of mud.

Today is Tuesday, June 15, the 166th day of 2021. There are 199 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 15, 1991, Mount Pinatubo in the northern Philippines exploded in o… ...

When Mount Pinatubo exploded in 1990, the surrounding Philippine ecosystem was devastated. Scientists thought that the Pinatubo volcano mouse that lived there went extinct. But researchers just ...

MANILA — The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991 spewed enough volcanic ash into the atmosphere to cool the world. In the immediate vicinity of the volcano, a slurry of ash ...

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano during a minor eruption on March 18, 2009. Getty Images In April 1991, steam explosions were first observed on a little-known volcano called Mount Pinatubo on ...

Caption Thomas Marler (left) and Gil Cruz (center) measure cycad plant size traits in the foothills of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, along with Ulysses Ferreras (right) from the Philippine Native ...

Subic Bay closed the following year (1992), when economics, political change, and the end of the Cold War compelled the closure of all U.S. bases in the Philippines.