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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Anak Krakatau: Spectacular Video Shows Volcano Generating Its Own Lightning During Eruption. Published Nov 01, 2018 at 1:46 PM EDT Updated Nov 01, 2018 at 1:56 PM EDT.

ANAK KRAKATAU, Indonesia – Sending a boom across the bay, the offspring of the fabled Krakatoa volcano unleashes another mighty eruption, blasting smoke and red-hot rocks hundreds of feet into ...

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.

A famed Indonesian volcano whose last great eruption in December 2018 triggered a deadly tsunami spewed a 500-foot column of ash Saturday, according to reports. Anak Krakatau volcano, which is loca… ...

This week in 1883, Krakatoa, a volcano on an uninhabited island between Sumatra and Java, violently erupted. Volcanic dust spewed into the atmosphere. Huge tsunami waves swept across the region.

While Anak Krakatau is remote and poses no threat to people or property for the most part, activity remains heightened around Indonesia. The Jakarta Post reports that three other volcanoes in the ...

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 ...

For historical perspective on the Icelandic volcano eruption, Jeffrey Brown talks to Simon Winchester, author of "Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883," about the massive 19th ...