New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed that many people remain unaccounted for after a volcano erupted on an island off the coast. Police say they don't expect any more survivors.

New Zealand's prime minister says overnight reconnaissance flights have failed to find signs of life after a volcano erupted off the country's coast, killing five people. Eight missing people are believed dead.

New Zealand recovery teams braving fumes and heat have failed to find the last two missing of the White Island eruption. The nation's accident law compensates victims and relatives but rules out negligence lawsuits.

Locals near the erupting Mount Sinabung volcano clean buildings and vehicles as a spectacular column of ash and smoke is blown thousands of metres into the sky.

"There are many people who are scared, but we are already used to the life we have," says a resident of El Rodeo in Guatemala, after the Pacaya volcano erupted, covering nearby communities in volcanic sand.

A volcano in southwest Iceland has erupted — as anticipated following thousands of smaller earthquakes in the area in recent weeks.

Red lava spews from a volcano near Iceland's capital Reykjavik as onlookers take photos. The first eruption at the site in 900 years is beginning to subside, and no longer poses a danger to people.

A fissure near Iceland's Mount Fagradalsfjall spews red hot lava as onlookers flock to the site only 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the capital Reykjavik. The eruption, which began the 19th of March, is the first in the region in about 900 years.

The government earlier had ordered people to leave their homes. They are being evacuated to other parts of St. Vincent or other islands in the eastern Caribbean.

The eruption of La Soufriere, after decades of inactivity, threw massive dark clouds of ash into the air. Thousands of people had to be evacuated.

A thick layer of ash covered parts of St. Vincent after the Caribbean island's only active volcano erupted after decades of inactivity. Power and water outages have been reported across the island.

From Guatemala to Iceland and Reunion Island, several volcanoes erupted last month, prompting us to ask what kind of technology is now helping scientists monitor and predict their activity. From satellites to drones but also artificial intelligence, volcanologists have a variety of high-tech tools at their disposal.