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 ...

Krakatoa is a 1933 American Pre-Code short documentary film produced by Joe Rock. The story describes how the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa on the island blew half of the large island into the air that ...

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 ...

NPR's Melissa Block talks to author Simon Winchester about his book Krakatoa. The volcano exploded in 1883, killed more than 36,000 people and affected weather worldwide. Winchester presents details ...

In the quiet Vasse district of WA, the evening of 27 August 1883 must have felt like something out of a mystery novel. Sergeant McDonald of the Vasse Police Station received a report from Constable ...

The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 By Simon Winchester HarperCollins. 432 pp. $25.95 On August 27, 1883, Krakatoa, a volcano on an island of the same name between Java and Sumatra, erupted ...

Radio warnings, sent by the Dutch government, are now scurrying around the East Indies warning the Javanese and Sumatrans to beware Krakatoa. The small island volcano in the Sunda Strait, between Java ...