Magma collects inside a volcano's magma chamber before it erupts. Nyiragongo's magma chamber is located about 10 miles below the surface of the Earth. Boom or Bust ...

At night, Mount Nyiragongo boils and glows. It’s one of the world’s largest and most volatile lava lakes. In 2002, the volcano erupted onto the nearby city of Goma.

The Mount Nyiragongo volcano, located north of Goma in the Congo, erupted on May 22, sparking panic among the city’s residents. (Video: The Washington Post, Photo: ...

Congo's Mount Nyiragongo erupted for the first time in nearly two decades Saturday, turning the night sky a fiery red and sending lava onto a major highway as panicked residents tried to flee Goma ...

Mount Nyiragongo volcano, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa, erupted on May 23, killing 31 people and sparking an evacuation in the nearby city of Goma, CNN and BBC reported.

A further 92 earthquakes and tremors have been recorded in the past 24 hours around the Mount Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a local government official told CNN on Sunday.

Mount Nyiragongo erupted in 1977 and again in 2002, when lava flows destroyed parts of Goma, killing 250 people and displacing 120,000 residents. In 2011 the nearby Nyamuragira volcano erupted.

In this interactive, explore the main features of Nyiragongo and learn what risks it poses to the 500,000 people who live in its shadow. To launch the interactive , click on the image at left.— ...