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 ...

Mount Semeru in East Java erupted again on March 2, 2026, with an ash column 400m above its peak. Its activity level is Level III (Alert). PVMBG warns against activities in restricted areas. In 2026, ...

The eruption pushed the ash cloud to an estimated altitude of 6,676 metres above sea level. The plume quickly drifted toward the south-east, ...

For 3 months a sea of hot mud has been gushing from the ground in Sidoarjo, East Java, 35 kilometres south of Indonesia's second largest city, Surabaya. The steaming mud pool is growing at an ...

Mount Semeru in East Java erupted again on Feb 17,2026, with an ash column 800m above peak. It has erupted 18 times in a week, 338 times in 2026 so far. PVMBG issues Level III alert and safety advisor ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities ordered people living near a volcano to leave their homes on Friday and a major city closed its airport after the 5,500 meter (18,000 ft) peak sent a column ...

JAKARTA — Indonesian authorities said on Thursday they had helped more than 170 climbers caught by Mount Semeru’s sudden eruption a day earlier to return to safety as the seismic activity of the ...

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Dozens of people have died, hundreds are missing and many more homes were destroyed after separate volcanic eruptions in ...