Hawaii's menacing river of molten lava has temporarily halted - for now - about 480 yards from local village ... but could pick back up within days

• Pahoa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii has known for months that Kilauea's molten lava is on its way to reclaim their town of 800
• The unpredictable advancement of the liquid rock, which stopped completely for a time in September, was travelling at speeds of about 10 to 15 yards per hour
• It has been stalled for about a week  
• Villagers in the lava's path began to pack up their valuables last week, not wanting to wait for disaster to strike
• The 1,650 degrees Fahrenheit lava was about 480 yards from the main road in Pahoa on Thursday
• President Obama signed a disaster declaration for Puna on Monday 

By Associated Press

Published: 20:38 GMT, 6 November 2014 | Updated: 22:52 GMT, 6 November 2014

Rock and awe: Indonesian volcano Mount Sinabung spews out lava and ash as it continues to erupt for fourth successive day

• Thousands forced to flee their homes as ash cloud reaches 3km into the sky
• The 2,460-metre volcano had been dormant for 400 years before it erupted in August 2010 
• An earlier eruption in February this year left 16 people dead 

By Daniel Miller for MailOnline

Published: 09:48 GMT, 10 October 2014 | Updated: 12:48 GMT, 10 October 2014

More bodies found on Mount Ontake with the death toll from the eruption at the deadly Japanese volcano now standing at 48

Mail Online

• Nagano police said the death toll from Saturday's surprise eruption at Mount Ontake now stands at 48 
  
• It comes after the search for victims of the volcano was called off for a second day amid fears of another explosion
• Hundreds of rescuers from Japanese military had been preparing to scale Mount Ontake by foot and helicopter
• Scientists believe tremors suggest peak could spew out more rock or could even host another steam explosion
• Ash and stones continue to rain down days after Mount Ontake erupted without warning, killing dozens 

By John Hall and Richard Shears for MailOnline

Published: 03:31 GMT, 1 October 2014 | Updated: 11:26 GMT, 1 October 2014

36 now feared dead in Japanese volcano disaster

Mail Online

• Mount Ontake started erupting at lunchtime on Friday spewing out small rock and ash over a two-mile wide area
• Police confirm at least 36 hikers have been located in a state of 'cardiac arrest' and are feared dead
• They are Japan's first deaths from volcanic eruption since 1991, when 43 people died at Mount Unzen
• Rescue efforts with army helicopters were used to airlift survivors from the mountain side
• The volcano is 230km west of Tokyo but has not yet caused any disruption to flights in and out of the city
• Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has instructed the military to rescue the hikers from the area
• Rescue efforts have now been called off due to rising levels of toxic gas near summit and approaching nightfall 

By Darren Boyle for MailOnline and Corey Charlton for MailOnline

Published: 09:30 GMT, 28 September 2014 | Updated: 15:51 GMT, 29 September 2014

Red alert over Iceland volcano: Authorities issue aviation warning after small eruption 28 miles from Bardarbunga

• Eruption this morning happened in roughly the same place as one on Friday
• Authorities said lava fountains about 165ft high erupted from the fissure
• The red warning code means no flights are allowed in an area of about 40 square nautical miles north of the area, up to 6,000 feet from the ground
• But aviation officials said the restrictions do not affect commercial flights 

By Daily Mail Reporter

Published: 19:36 GMT, 31 August 2014 | Updated: 08:52 GMT, 1 September 2014 

Pictured from a passenger plane: Menacing 12-mile-high ash cloud looms over Indonesia's 'Mountain of Spirits' after volcano erupts

By John Hall

Published: 20:28 GMT, 30 May 2014 | Updated: 02:35 GMT, 31 May 2014

This is the incredible moment when a huge volcano erupted in Indonesia sending ash spewing an estimated 12 miles into the sky.

Life in the shadow of a Hawaiian volcano

BBC

27 August 2013

• Hawaii  Hiking By Andy Jarosz

In Hawaii, lava could take over at any time

One of nature’s most remarkable exhibitions

It was just before sunset and the constant flow of molten lava from Kilauea, the most active of Hawaii’s volcanoes, was glowing ever brighter. Plumes of smoke rose from the point where the red hot liquid met the Pacific Ocean; they swirled with the strengthening wind and occasionally cleared to reveal a distant waterfall of lava some 100m high. It was one of nature’s most remarkable exhibitions – an active volcano that refuses to stop erupting. (Sameena Jarosz)