Now researchers in a new report have unveiled something else: the eruption set off more than 25,500 lightning events in just five minutes. Over the course of just six hours, the volcano triggered ...

Hanging ominously above the Pacific Ocean was a volcanic cloud lit by concentric rings of lightning that flashed about 192,000 times over the 11 hours that the volcano was active (that’s some ...

Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupted several times on Tuesday with a blaze of lightning and lava. Seven airports in the area were closed, as ash had reached eastern Malaysia's airspace, CNN said ...

Stunning video footage has captured the moment lightning struck an active volcano while it was erupting. The biblical scene took place at the Volcán de Fuego in Guatemala. The Volcano of Fire ...

New research showed that the plume emitted by the Hunga Volcano eruption in 2022 created the highest lightning flash rates ever recorded on Earth, more than any storm ever documented. New research ...

The Hunga Tonga volcano eruption continues to break records. Its latest? The highest altitudes that lightning has ever been known to start. The plume from the eruption produced lightning flashes ...

Lighting strikes an erupting volcano in Acatenango, Guatemala. This natural phenomenon is called a dirty thunderstorm because of the colliding particles of volcanic ash. The Daily Universe is an ...