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 ...

Within 20 years around the turn of the 20th century occurred two of the most devastating and, to the local populations as well as experts of the fledgling science of volcanology, most surprising ...

KRAKATOA is not a foot condition, nor the ape that destroyed Honolulu, nor an illegal substance consumed at dance parties. It is in fact a volcano, which erupted in Indonesia in 1883, with ...

Krakatoa : The Day the World Exploded [Click the title to buy this book] by Simon Winchester HarperCollins 432 pages, $25.95 On August 27, 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatoa, located between Java ...

I was asked by a colleague recently about the next SQL Release being called Krakatoa. Well, I have heard about Kilimanjaro, Madison and Gemini but not Krakatoa. I remember an immense movie called ...

At least 168 people have been killed and 745 injured after a tsunami triggered by a volcano eruption struck the beaches of Indonesia's Sunda Strait Saturday night, officials have reported. The tsunami ...

The Dutch East Indies, in the late 19th century. Capt. Hanson of the "Batavia Queen" is preparing to embark on a salvage expedition. His mistress, Laura, knows the location of a ship belonging to her ...