In June 1991, Mount Pinatubo, a volcanic peak on the Philippine Island of Luzon, literally blew its top. It was the second-most powerful volcanic eruption of the 20th century, ten times stronger than ...

For 600 years, Mount Pinatubo appeared to be sleeping. Towering 1745 meters (5725 feet) over the Philippine island of Luzon, the seemingly dormant volcano showed no signs of an impending catastrophic ...

On June 15, 1991, Mt. Pinatubo erupted violently, sending high-speed avalanches of superheated ash, gas and other volcanic debris down its slopes. The eruption was considered by volcanologists the ...

For Corazan Zawal, memories of the devastation caused by Mount Pinatubo remain etched in her mind. The massive eruption in June 1991 sent volcanic material racing down the mountain's slopes at great ...

PAMPANGA, Philippines — Come February 10, when the townsfolk of Bacolor go to the San Guillermo Parish Church for their fiesta celebration, they will enter the worship place through the upper windows, ...

On June 15, 1991, the largest land volcano eruption in living history shook the Philippine island of Luzon as Mount Pinatubo, a formerly unassuming lump of jungle-covered slopes, blew its top. Ash ...

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Business and government leaders gathered here on Tuesday for the unveiling of a clay miniature study of what would be a 38-foot monument commemorating the Mt. Pinatubo eruption ...

WHEN Mount Pinatubo erupted in 1991 it killed hundreds of people and displaced around a million from their homes. But that may not have been the end of it. Fine ash from the Philippine volcano could ...

MANILA, Philippines — State volcanologists on Thursday lowered the alert status of Mount Pinatubo to Level 0 from Level 1 due to “continued decline” in activity. Alert Level 0 indicates normal status, ...

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 ...

Mt. Pinatubo's 500-year dormancy ended in early April 1991. For weeks, the volcano sent warning puffs of gas and ash into the air above the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Scientists monitoring ...