An ash cloud blasted more than a mile into the sky and miles down the volcano's slopes on Wednesday. Officials raised the volcano to its highest alert level, evacuated nearby residents and warned people to stay a few miles away from the volcano's crater over fears of additional eruptions. | CNN International

The world's LARGEST active volcano in Hawaii has started to erupt for the first time in nearly four decades. #9Today | WATCH LIVE 5.30am | TODAY

Since January 1, 2025, 70 volcanic eruptions have been recorded worldwide — from explosive ash columns to relentless lava flows, both on land and beneath the oceans. Tracked by the Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program, this level of activity is above average, with many eruptions concentrated along the Pacific Ring of Fire, but also appearing in Iceland, the Mediterranean, Africa, and remote island chains. Some eruptions made headlines. Many didn’t. All of them are part of Earth relea