Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, erupted early Thursday morning, spewing an ash column around 6,500 feet in ...

Villagers in Indonesia are trying to return to their homes on the slopes of a volatile volcano after an eruption. Mount Merapi in Java began spewing molten rock, heat clouds and ash into surrounding ...

BATU PALANO, Indonesia — Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia’s Mt. Merapi volcano found 11 more bodies of climbers who were caught by a surprise eruption two days ago, raising the ...

The continuing eruptions and belches of steam and ash from Indonesia's Mount Merapi have sent locals fleeing, fearing larger eruptions and wondering when the spewing lava will stop. Subscribe to read ...

A thin line of skeletal white trees zigzags down the southern side of Mount Merapi and ends near a plateau housing a Pompeiian collection of geological mementoes. Outdoor stalls sell mini- volcano ...

Nearly a dozen airlines have cancelled flights into Indonesia’s main international airport after a volcano in central Java unleashed its most powerful eruption in a century. The move comes amid ...

TEMPO.CO, Yogyakarta - The Yogyakarta Geological Disaster Technology Research and Development Center (BPPTKG) stated to the public, including tourists, for they do not need to be afraid to visit any ...

Mount Merapi's incandescent lava flow is seen from Turi, Sleman, Yogyakarta, in Cental Java, Indonesia, on August 18, 2024. (ANTARA FOTO/Andreas Fitri Atmoko) From data from the Center for Volcanology ...

A searing gas cloud flowed down an Indonesian volcano with a thunderous roar, torching houses and trees and incinerating villagers as they fled Mount Merapi's worst eruption in a century. Scores of ...

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted Saturday with avalanches of searing gas clouds and lava, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities on the slopes of the country’s most active volcano.