This week in 1883, Krakatoa, a volcano on an uninhabited island between Sumatra and Java, violently erupted. Volcanic dust spewed into the atmosphere. Huge tsunami waves swept across the region. An ...
The most dangerous volcanoes in the world can be deadly, but they rarely muster up the sheer sound that could burst eardrums. This one did, though. On 27 August 1883, a volcano named Krakatoa, nestled ...