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YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi continued to erupt Friday, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities on the slopes of the country’s most active volcano. The ...

Mount Merapi eruption 2023: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted on Saturday (March 11) with avalanches of searing gas clouds and lava, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities on the ...

Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted on Saturday with avalanches of searing gas clouds and lava, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities. A mixture of hot rock, lava and gas travelled up ...

About 250 locals in Indonesia’s Java island were forced to flee after Mount Merapi volcano erupted overnight on Thursday, spouting avalanches of hot clouds several times, and left a thick ash blanket ...

It was Merapi’s biggest lava flow since authorities raised the alert level to the second-highest in November 2020. Residents living on Merapi’s slopes were advised to stay 7 kms away from the crater’s ...

Merapi, on the densely populated island of Java, unleashed clouds of hot ash and a mixture of rock, lava and gas that travelled up to 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) down its slopes. The eruption throughout ...

JAKARTA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupted on Thursday, releasing lava 24 times to the southwest throughout the day, said the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard ...

Smoke and volcanic materials spew from Mount Merapi as seen from Purwobinangun village in Sleman district, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, July 12, 2023. One of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, Mount ...

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia--Indonesia’s most volatile volcano erupted Friday, releasing plumes of ash high into the air and sending streams of lava with searing gas clouds flowing down its slopes. No ...

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