Residents in the East Java province of Indonesia scattered flowers, paid their respects and prayed at the edge of a mud lake ...

On May 29, 2006, the earth in the Sidoarjo opened up, ejecting pungent, steaming hot mud that swallowed villages and ...

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

The Ijen volcano in East Java, Indonesia, regularly pops up online because of its spectacularly unusual colouration: the lava ...

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 ...

Mount Semeru erupted on Wednesday and the country's volcanology agency increased the alert level of Java Island's tallest mountain to the highest. Australia's Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) ...

JAKARTA: Hundreds of Indonesians stayed in temporary shelters on Thursday after a volcano on the main island of Java erupted, damaging houses and a school, with around 190 people evacuated from its ...

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 ...

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Mount Semeru in eastern Java erupted on Wednesday afternoon, forcing hundreds of Indonesians to evacuate as ash and gas shot more than 13 kilometres into the sky. Authorities raised the alert status ...

A volcano in East Java erupted six times early today, with ash plumes reaching as high as 1,200m above its peak. A Level III alert status is in place for Mount Semeru, which has been in an active ...