Magma infused with gas—not unlike a carbonated drink—reached the surface on June 12, unleashing Mount Pinatubo’s first violent eruption. A column of ash exploded 19 kilometres into the atmosphere.

Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines is posing a new kind of threat. Its crater is filling up with rainwater and could cause a huge flood. Experts are studying the danger to more than 40,000 people ...

More popular and exhilarating is a Pinatubo trek. After an hour of bumpy, dusty 4×4 ride, tourists prepare for a trek that would last from 1.5 to 2 hours amid a lunar landscape.

But some residents, afraid of looters, have vowed to stay behind. Pinatubo erupted in 1991, killing 800 people. The crater created by the blast is about six square kilometres wide.

The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Sunday, May 4, issued an advisory calling on all visitors and tourism stakeholders to comply with the suspension of all tourism-related activities at Mt ...

QUEZON CITY (PIA) – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) continues its close monitoring of volcanoes, particularly Mayon in Albay, Taal in Batangas and Pinatubo in Central ...