On November 13th 1985, just after 9pm, the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in the northern Andes, also known as Cumanday, Tabuchía, ...

Forty years after the Nevado del Ruiz volcano wiped out the town of Armero, the ghosts of Colombia's deadliest tragedy still haunt its slopes, and families are still searching for lost children.

The massive landslide wiped out the town of Armero, killing about 25,000 people – nearly 70% of its population – in what is ...

Sergio Melendro was among hundreds of children missing after a volcanic eruption devastated Armero, Colombia, in 1985 and his mother Martha Lucía López still searches for him ...

Deadliest volcanic eruption in US history:Fifty-seven people were killed, making the eruption the deadliest in U.S. history. The first sign of an eruption was recorded on March 20, 1980, when a ...

From volcanic fury to nuclear devastation, these catastrophic events have shaped our world in the most tragic ways. Join us ...

Preface: Essay on plate tectonics -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Entries A-Z -- Appendix A: Chronology of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions -- Appendix B: Eyewitness accounts of major ...

Peggy Short-Nottage and her husband joined sightseers rushing to Mount St. Helens when volcanic activity escalated in the spring of 1980. Instead of hopping in a car and making the drive to ...