The Anak (“Child”) Krakatoa volcano erupts, as seen from a ship on the Sunda Straits. At least 426 people died in Indonesia after a chunk of the volcano slid into the ocean, causing a tsunami ...

KRAKATOA volcano in Indonesia has exploded, shooting an ash column some 13km high into the air in the shocking eruption. When was Krakatoa's last eruption? Is it still erupting now?

News; World news; Volcanoes 'Child of Krakatoa' volcano triggers tsunami alert after continuous eruptions for weeks Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued ...

Krakatau was also the first scientifically well recorded and studied eruption of a volcano, from the very beginning to its disastrous ending. In May of 1883, the first clouds of vapor were noted ...

On Dec. 22 at 9:03 p.m. local time, a 64-hectare (158-acre) chunk of Anak Krakatau volcano, in Indonesia, slid into the ocean following an eruption. This landslide created a tsunami that struck ...

Krakatoa, west of Java, erupted with such fury in 1883 that it reportedly was heard as far away as Bangkok and Australia. It blew the island of Rakata to pieces and killed more than 30,000 people.

The Anak Krakatau volcano (Malay translation: child of Krakatoa) is one of the most active in Indonesia.; On December 22, 2018, part of the volcanic crater collapsed into the surrounding water ...

What spawned from the ash and debris was a new volcano, given the name Anak Krakatau, or “child of Krakatoa.” It literally rose up out of the ocean in 1927 and has been erupting continuously ...

The August 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was one of the deadliest volcanic explosions in modern history. The volcano, found in the middle of the Sunda Strait in between two of Indonesia’s largest ...

When the Krakatoa volcano erupted in 1883, it unleashed one of the most violent explosions mankind had ever seen. Ahead of a lavish new BBC drama, Sanjida O'Connell examines how the impact was ...

Krakatoa. It’s a name you’ve probably heard before. It’s a volcano. And when it blew in 1883, it sent shockwaves around the globe. Now, it’s erupting again.

The volcano also happens to be the direct descendant, so to speak, of the infamous Krakatoa (also known as Krakatau), which killed thousands of people in its historic 1883 eruption. That eruption ...