Mount Tongariro volcano erupted late Monday for the first time in nearly a century, leaving New Zealand’s North Island under a huge ash cloud, national media reported. The eruptions caught ...

A volcano quiet for more than a century erupted in a New Zealand national park, spreading thick ash for several miles and causing some residents to evacuate their homes. Some domestic flights were ...

Tongariro is 6,940 feet (1,978 meters) high and is part of the so-called "Pacific Ring of Fire" region known for its seismic activity and volcanism.The eruption of the volcano sent ash at least ...

Tongariro is an active volcano that is capable of producing these types of eruptions with little notice, so the question of how much danger (which is relatively low) this represents will likely be ...

Mount Tongariro, a volcano in New Zealand’s North Island, erupted for the first time in 115 years, creating an ash cloud that closed roads and disrupted regional air travel before moving off the ...

New Zealand's Mount Tongariro volcano, located in the central part of the North Island, erupted at 11:50 p.m. local time Monday night (Aug. 6). Details were slow to emerge because of the lateness ...

Scientists hope to fly over Mt Tongariro again today to learn more about Monday night's volcanic eruption. GNS Science head of volcanology Gill Jolly said there had been little seismic activity at ...

WELLINGTON—New Zealand's Ministry of Civil Defense canceled its potential threat advisory issued for the central North Island after Mount Tongariro erupted late Monday for the first time in more ...

You can keep up with all the real-time monitoring of Tongariro on the GNS Science page for the volcano. {Special thanks to @jo_barnes for pointing out the new GNS Report.} Welcome to Eruptions, a ...

The late-night eruption of New Zealand's Mount Tongariro volcano on Monday (Aug. 6) was spotted by a NASA satellite just an hour after it began.