Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, erupted Sunday. About a quarter-million people live in Merapi's immediate vicinity. Civilians, many of whom live on the volcano's slopes, were advised to ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s ...

PADANG, Indonesia — The bodies of 11 climbers were recovered Monday after a furious eruption the day before of Indonesia’s Mt. Merapi volcano, as rescuers searched for 12 still missing. Merapi has ...

Mount Merapi, located near the city of Klaten in Central Java, Indonesia, erupted on Sunday, January 21, spewing ash toward the eastern slopes of the mountain. The Center for Research and Development ...

BATU PALANO, Indonesia — Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia’s Mt. Merapi volcano found 11 more bodies of climbers who were caught by a surprise eruption two days ago, raising the ...

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted Sunday, spreading searing gas clouds and avalanches of lava down its slopes as other active volcanoes flared up across the country, ...