A photo of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption taken on December 24, 2021, before the biggest eruption on January 15, 2022. Tsunamis caused by the eruption killed at six people in Tonga ...

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in Tonga erupted in 2022, it generated the most intense lightning ever recorded, a new study finds. "With this eruption, we discovered that volcanic plumes ...

The January 15, 2022, eruption of Hunga Volcano in Tonga continues to break records. According to a new study, the eruption created a “supercharged” thunderstorm that produced the most intense ...

A stunning video of spider-web lightning striking a volcano in Guatemala in what almost appears to be a spectacular firework display has gone viral online. The impressive display of lightning struck ...

An eruption on the small, uninhabited South Pacific island known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai as seen by NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 17 (GOES-17) on January 15, 2022.

The eruption of Tonga’s Hunga Volcano on January 15, 2022, lasted at least 11 hours and produced a record-breaking amount of lightning. The information gathered about the eruption can be used to ...

Earth continues to surprise us. One of our planet's large undersea volcanoes, the Hunga Volcano in the South Pacific, astonished scientists when it erupted in January 2022. The blast sent pressure ...

Move over, Sharknado, there's a new tornado combo in town, and this one's much more realistic: Volca-nado (Disclaimer: Not a technical term). What you're seeing is a weather phenomenon similar to a ...

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption, which produced the most powerful atmospheric explosion ever recorded, also generated a record number of lightning strikes in a supercharged ...