The first eruption was recorded at 4:58 a.m., producing an ash column approximately 500 meters high that drifted to the northeast, ...

LUMAJANG, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll following the eruption of the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java has risen to 13, with seven people still missing, officials ...

Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano in East Java erupted seven times in three hours early on Wednesday, sending volcanic ash up to 800 metres above its peak, state-run media reported. The first eruption ...

Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano in East Java erupted seven times in three hours early Wednesday, sending volcanic ash up to 800 meters (2,624 feet) above its peak, state-run media reported. The first ...

A major volcano eruption sent people running for their lives, with a 54,000ft ash cloud bursting into the sky. Mount Semeru Observation Post Officer Mukdas Sofian said the eurption is "ongoing". He ...

Thousands of residents in Indonesia's East Java were on high alert after an eruption at the island's tallest volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8-kilometer no-go zone and forced evacuations of ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities ordered people living near a volcano to leave their homes on Friday and a major city closed its airport after the 5,500 metre (18,000 ft) peak sent a column ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities said Thursday they helped more than 170 climbers who were caught a day earlier by Mount Semeru’s sudden eruption to return to safety as the seismic ...

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Mount Merapi, also called the Mount Fuji of Java. (Photo courtesy of Mount Fuji Research Institute, Yamanashi Prefectural Government) Researchers at a Mount Fuji research institute are to begin ...