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

Mount Semeru, a stratovolcano on the Indonesian island of Java, has logged more eruptive events than any other volcano on the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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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.

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 ...