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 (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 meter (18,000 ft) peak sent a column ...

Mount Semeru erupted again on Jan 3, 2026, marking its 26th eruption in a week. PVMBG issued a Level III (Alert) warning, ...

Mount Semeru erupted again on Dec 27, 2025, its 36th eruption in a week. At Alert Level III, PVMBG warns against activities ...

A volcano has erupted, propelling an 800m ash column into the sky. Mount Semeru on Indonesia's main island of East Java has exploded three times, prompting terrified locals to seek safety. Thousands ...

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Several villages were blanketed with falling ash. Rescuers were sifting through smouldering debris and thick mud in search of survivors a day after the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) -A volcano erupted in Indonesia on Sunday spewing a cloud of ash 15 km into the sky and forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people, authorities said, as they issued their highest ...

From the smouldering flanks of Java to the isolated craters of Flores, Indonesia's volcanoes are some of the grandest in the ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A towering column of ash exploded from a volcano on Indonesia's most populous island, Java, forcing tourists and residents to flee the mountain. Indonesia's disaster agency ...

JAKARTA: Indonesia's Semeru volcano erupted on Wednesday (Nov 19) and the country's volcanology agency increased the alert level of Java Island's tallest mountain to the highest. The volcano spewed ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The death toll from a volcanic eruption Saturday on Indonesia's main island of Java has risen to 13, the country's disaster agency said Sunday. National Disaster Mitigation Agency ...