Today marks 80 years since a violent volcanic eruption off the town of Rabaul killed 500 people and caused thousands more to flee their homes. A volcano on Vulcan Island spewed out ash and lava for ...

There is much to Rabaul that will leave you in a state of slack-jawed wonder. Situated on verdant New Britain Island in Papua New Guinea, Rabaul is synonymous with powerful forces. It has been defined ...

On Christmas, only ten days after the landing at Arawe (TIME, Dec. 27), General Douglas MacArthur sent forth his second invasion fleet to New Britain, Jap rampart island in the Southwest Pacific.

On Sunday General MacArthur said: “If God stays with me I may get some remarkable results.” By Thursday, the results tabulated, he said: “Almighty God blessed our arms.” Between the prayer and the ...

Rabaul Meanwhile, in Papau New Guinea, some new explosive activity has caused a closure of the airport near the Tavurvur cone of Rabaul. Not a lot of details out there, but it seems that flights may ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An earthquake with an initial magnitude of 6.2 struck 148 km (92 miles) south of Rabaul island in northeastern Papua New Guinea on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.