Many times, the volcanoes that have eruptions that last decades are ones like Kīlauea in Hawai'i, Yasur in Vanuatu or Erebus in Antarctica, where hot, runny basalt continuously erupts in lava lakes.

The Shiveluch volcano on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula erupted early on Tuesday, releasing a 10km (six mile) cloud of smoke and ash into the sky, authorities said. Nearby areas were smothered in a ...

Russia's Shiveluch volcano has erupted following ... by a broad 9km-wide caldera breached to the south, with numerous lava domes on the outer flanks. The lava dome complex was built within the ...

"Molten lava flows can travel up to 20 kilometers and block the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-Ust-Kamchatsky highway," the institute said. Shiveluch is one of the largest volcanoes in Kamchatka at ...

"The eruption of the Shiveluch volcano has started. Lava is coming down the slopes," KVERT said. Volcanologists have registered increased activity at the Shiveluch volcano since the start of December.