TANNA ISLAND, Vanuatu (AP) — It’s constantly hissing, fussing and belching, but every half hour or so Yasur volcano sends up a tremendous spurt of lava and a boom so loud it is deafening on the crater ...

After a somewhat frenzied exit from the island of Ambae, officials are trying to ensure residents' return trips are orderly. Nearly one month after an entire island was evacuated over concerns of a ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - More than 6,000 people have been moved to emergency shelters on Vanuatu's northern island Ambae in the South Pacific as a volcano threatens to erupt, officials said on Tuesday. The ...

AMBAE ISLAND, Vanuatu (AP) -- The eruption of a South Pacific volcano eased slightly Friday, and thousands of villagers who fled to temporary evacuation centers returned to their deserted gardens for ...

After 19 years of silence, an underwater volcano erupted off the coast of Vanuatu, officials said. Photos show the explosive, ash-filled scene. A submarine volcano off the east coast of Epi island ...

PORT VILA, Vanuatu — A volcano on Vanuatu’s Ambae island blasted steam, gas and ash Wednesday, forcing thousands to evacuate, and medical teams stood ready in case of a major eruption. A “red zone” ...

Cameraman aims for rare lava lake at Mt. Marum Volcano. Oct. 27, 2011— -- Getting there was enough of an adventure. "Put that [expletive] camera away," our helicopter pilot, Phil Cotter, shouted ...

The Pacific nation of Vanuatu on Friday again ordered thousands of people to leave Ambae island as a volcano erupted and filled the sky with ash. Government lawmaker Ralph Regenvanu said on Twitter ...

Volcanic eruptions, landslides, earthquakes and cyclones: 76-year-old Lik Simelum from Vanuatu has survived them all. He lives in a country that’s ranked by the United Nations University as the ...