Here’s an anniversary to make your ears ache. On Aug. 27, 1883, just after 10 a.m., the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia made the loudest sound known to history — a terrifying roar that ...

Within 20 years around the turn of the 20th century occurred two of the most devastating and, to the local populations as well as experts of the fledgling science of volcanology, most surprising ...

This week in 1883, Krakatoa, a volcano on an uninhabited island between Sumatra and Java, violently erupted. Volcanic dust spewed into the atmosphere. Huge tsunami waves swept across the region. An ...

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Indonesia raised the alert status Monday for the offspring of the infamous Krakatoa volcano to its second highest level - Copyright AFP DZIKI OKTOMAULIYADI Indonesia ...

Indonesia raised the alert status Monday for the offspring of the infamous Krakatoa volcano to its second highest level. Indonesia raised the alert status for Anak Krakatau volcano to its second ...