An eruption of Mount Semeru on Saturday left a sand miner with severe burns after he was struck by superheated volcanic ...

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At least three hikers were killed and five injured after a group of climbers were caught up in a volcano eruption on Indonesia's Mount Dukono. Authorities launched an urgent mission to rescue a group ...

Mount Merapi, located between Yogyakarta and Central Java, erupted again early Monday, producing two pyroclastic flows that traveled up to 1.6 kilometers toward the southwest, according to Indonesian ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Center for Research and Development of Geological Disaster Technology (BPPTKG) in Yogyakarta reported an uptick in volcanic activity at Mount Merapi on Monday, March 9, 2026.

Two major volcanic eruptions have occurred within days of each other—one in Indonesia and another in Ethiopia. Indonesia’s Mount Semeru burst into activity on November 22, followed a day later by ...

Semeru volcano — the tallest volcano on Java at 3,676 meters — erupted on the afternoon of November 19, 2025, with pyroclastic flows racing at high speed more than 8.5 kilometers down its slopes, as ...

Volcanoes are powerful forces shaping our planet. Places like Mount Etna in Sicily and Kilauea in Hawaii constantly redraw coastlines and build new land. Communities near volcanoes like Merapi in Java ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Mount Merapi recorded multiple eruptions of hot clouds and lava flows on Sunday, November 2, 2025, marking a continuation of heightened activity. The hot clouds occurred at 11:04 a ...

Eruption sends plumes of ash and smoke into the sky, with high risk of further eruptions Mount Merapi erupted on Wednesday (October 29, 2025). Its status remains at level 4, signifying a high risk of ...