Mount Semeru in East Java erupted again on Feb 24,2026, with 10 eruptions in the past week. Its activity level is at Alert Level III, with 22 eruption earthquakes recorded that morning. PVMBG issued s ...

JAKARTA--Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area. The ...

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 ...

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 meter (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 ...

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 ...