JAKARTA--Thousands of residents in Indonesia’s East Java were on high alert on Monday after a violent eruption at the ...

JAKARTA: Mount Semeru, the highest volcano on Indonesia's most densely populated island of Java, spewed hot clouds as far away as 4.5 kilometers (nearly 3 miles) on Saturday. There were no immediate ...

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SURABAYA: A volcano on Indonesia's main island of Java erupted on Wednesday (Nov 19), throwing ash and gas kilometres into the sky and forcing officials to raise the alert status to its highest level.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tangkuban Perahu is around 2,000 metres high and one of around 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia. In the centre of the Ratu crater ...

Mount Seme­ru, located on the border of Lumajang and Malang regencies in East Java, erupted multiple times, sending ash columns up to 1,000m above its summit. Mount Semeru Observation Post officer ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Java, one of Indonesia's most culturally rich and geographically diverse islands, is a place of epic natural experiences-especially when it comes to volcanoes. Indonesia lies in the Ring of Fire, home ...