Parts of Caribbean island of St. Vincent unrecognizable after volcano erupts By CNN.com Wire Service UPDATED: April 25, 2021 at 5:44 AM PDT ...

The Ecuadorean Geophysical Institute on Tuesday detected a column of gases and ashes rising from the crater of the Cotopaxi volcano, as part of its ongoing eruptive activity, affecting several areas ...

The volcano that buried Pompeii in A.D. 79 still rumbles deep down. Last erupting in 1944, Mount Vesuvius poses an ever-present threat to the Italian populations around Naples.

The ash cloud reached up to 1,100 meters (3,610 feet) above the volcano's crater level and, due to wind, it moved to several points south of Quito, according to the Geophysical Institute.