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Java, one of Indonesia's most culturally rich and geographically diverse islands, is a place of epic natural experiences-especially when it comes to volcanoes. Indonesia lies in the Ring of Fire, home ...

JAKARTA--Thousands of residents in Indonesia’s East Java were on high alert on Monday after a violent eruption at the ...

Mount Merapi erupts in Java, sending ash and smoke into the sky as the scene is caught on camera. The footage shows the ...

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 ...

JAKARTA: Mount Semeru, the highest volcano on Indonesia's most densely populated island of Java, spewed hot clouds as far away as 4.5 kilometers (nearly 3 miles) on Saturday. There were no immediate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tangkuban Perahu is around 2,000 metres high and one of around 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia. In the centre of the Ratu crater ...

AN EXPLOSIVE volcanic eruption on Indonesia's most populous island has blasted ash and debris 12 miles into the air, killing two people while forcing authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 and ...

Jakarta - A volcano erupted late on Thursday night on the heavily populated Indonesian island of Java, sending a huge plume of ash and sand 17km into the air and forcing the closure of three airports.