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The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was one of the most deadly volcanic events in history. Now, scientists have revealed a minute-by-minute account of how the devastation unfolded.

Then, from 2pm, pumice, a rock formed when lava solidifies, rained down. The debris eventually measured up to nine feet thick. Remains discovered by researchers suggest that some confused and ...

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Besides the acids and bacteria, the balls also contained volcanic rock pumice. Northern Beaches mayor Sue Heins said she hopes the EPA analysis will "identify the source so that they can stop this ...

From around 2pm, larger chunks of pumice - a porous volcanic rock - began to rain down. This is when Pompeii and its people started to be crushed, as slabs up to nine feet thick crashed onto the ...

The recent earthquake swarm near Santorini has brought the topic of volcanoes in Greece back into the spotlight.

Starting at 2 p.m., Mount Vesuvius began to rain pieces of pumice—a porous volcanic rock formed when a gas-rich froth of glassy lava solidifies rapidly—that accumulated up to 2.7 meters ...