Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

The pictures, accessed by Newsweek ... Newsweek that the blast on April 30 may have been Mount Ruang's biggest since 1871. He added that the eruption was larger than the one on April 16, which ...

“The force of Mount Ruang’s eruption is getting bigger and has emitted ... accompanied by lightning strikes. Images also show villagers being evacuated. Ruang Island is home to about 800 ...

Indonesia’s Mount Ruang has erupted at least three times this week, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people. On Wednesday evening local time, the volcano’s eruption shot ash nearly 70,000 ...

An eruption from Mount Ruang volcano is seen from Tagulandang island in Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on April 30, 2024. (STR/AFP via Getty Images) The latest report from the government on Thursday said ...

Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation/AFP via Getty Images The authorities ... and spawn earthquakes and eruptions from volcanoes. Mount Ruang is a stratovolcano, or a steep ...

"The force of Mount Ruang's eruption is getting bigger and has emitted ... accompanied by lightning strikes. Images also show villagers being evacuated. Ruang Island is home to about 800 residents ...