An aerial view of White Island on March 26, 2016 (left) and steam rising from the Whakaari volcano in New Zealand on December 11, 2019, following the December 9 volcanic eruption (right).

On Monday, at 2:11 p.m. local time, an explosive eruption rocked White Island, a small volcanic isle in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty. A series of violent blasts rang out, flinging ash 12,000 feet ...

Stephanie Coral Browitt survived the devastating White Island volcano eruption and embarked on a grief-stricken path to ...

Netflix's newest documentary, The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari, tells the terrifying story of the unexpected eruption of New Zealand’s Whakaari (aka White Island) volcano on Dec. 9, 2019. At ...

The volcano had gone through 42 “eruptive periods” since colonial records began in 1826, McDonald said. After the 2016 eruption, New Zealand geology agency GNS Science said its staff were ...

The company, Whakaari Management — run by three brothers who own the active volcano Whakaari, ... New Zealand, on Dec. 11, 2019, following a volcanic eruption on Dec. 9. Credit: AP/Mark Baker ...

Tourists received no health and safety warnings before they landed on New Zealand’s most active volcano ahead of a 2019 eruption that killed 22 people, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

The Whakaari volcano erupted in 2019 killing 22 people and wounding others. ... The volcano’s last known eruption was on Dec. 9, 2019, according to the Smithsonian Institute.

Survivors of one of New Zealand’s worst natural disasters have described the searing pain of being lashed by burning sand, ash and rocks during a volcanic eruption on Whakaari or White Island in ...

The Whakaari, or White Island, volcano, seen here in 2011, is New Zealand’s most active volcano. Satellite data are revealing new details about an eruption on December 9, 2019, that killed 22 ...

A volcanic eruption on White Island killed at least five people Monday. ... It is also known by its indigenous Maori name Whakaari. The cone volcano is New Zealand's most active, ...

In photo provided by Michael Schade, tourists on a boat look at the eruption of the volcano on White Island, New Zealand, Dec. 9, 2019. Credit: AP/Michael Schade By The Associated Press October 29 ...