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 ...

The mass evacuation of a volcano-threatened Vanuatu island is running ahead of schedule as a ramshackle armada of civilian boats ferries people to safety, officials said Monday. The entire 11,000 ...

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 ...

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” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...