The road winds gently up the mountain from the town of Lembang on Indonesia's main island of Java. The half-hour journey takes you through forests full of giant trees rising from the fertile volcanic ...

Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, “Gunung Merapi,” in Java-Album. Landschafts-Ansichten von Java, nach der Natur aufgenommen (1856) (courtesy Canadian Center for Architecture) MONTREAL — For city dwellers, ...

More proof that Indonesia is one of the most volcanically active places on the great Pacific Ring of Fire came in October 2010, when 9,560-foot Mt. Merapi, visible from the temple of Borobudur, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Mount Semeru, the ...

Residents living around Mount Merapi on the island of Java are preparing to flee if the volcano erupts, according to a report from Reuters. The volcano, which has been spewing smoke for almost two ...

On November 19, 2025, Mount Semeru, the tallest volcano in Java, erupted violently at 4:00 PM local time. The eruption sent a ...

Nov. 5 (UPI) --Authorities in Indonesia on Thursday boosted the threat level for the Mount Merapi volcano, which is near a densely populated area on the island of Java. Government volcano-watchers ...

A volcano in Indonesia has erupted, spouting a 54,000ft ash cloud into the air as people run for their lives. Mount Semeru, located on the border of the Lumajang District and Malang District in East ...

Mount Semeru, the highest volcano on Indonesia’s Java island erupted on Saturday, spewing hot clouds as far as away as three miles. Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency didn’t issue any ...