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Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted on Tuesday, spewing lava more than two kilometres from the crater. Dramatic images of lava pouring from the ...

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 ...

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 ...

There were no immediate reports of casualties, the country's disaster mitigation agency said. Images broadcast on local outlet Kompas TV showed ash-covered houses and roads at a village near the ...

Just because a volcano has stopped erupting doesn't mean it isn't still dangerous. Roughly 341 people have died since Mount Merapi began erupting in central Indonesia on Oct. 26. As of Dec. 3, ...

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia: With a soft, soothing voice, Mujianto greeted his listeners before reading out an important update from the volcanologists at Indonesia’s Center for Geological Disaster Research ...

Mount Merapi has erupted at regular intervals since 1854, but this hasn't stopped thousands of people from settling on its slopes. The nearby city of Yogyakarta has a population of 2.4million yet sits ...

These are the lyrics of a song performed during a Radio Lintas Merapi broadcast aimed at providing disaster mitigation education for the station’s kid listeners. The community radio station commonly ...

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Volcano watchers across Indonesia are on high alert after Mount Merapi erupted once again today (Nov. 2). It was the volcano's 10th eruption since Oct. 26. Rumblings have also been detected at 21 ...