At least 11 villages in Lumajang, in East Java, were coated in volcanic ash ... and rainstorms during the eruption which turned the debris into mud. An important bridge from the area to the ...

Ring of Fire is active - but that's normal Thousands flee after volcano erupts Semeru - also known as "The Great Mountain" - is the highest volcano in Java and one of the most active. It is also ...

Mount Semeru in Lumajang district in East Java province spewed thick columns of ash more than 12,000 metres (40,000 feet) into the sky in a sudden eruption on Saturday triggered by heavy rains.

JAKARTA--Thousands of residents in Indonesia’s East Java were on high alert on Monday after a violent eruption at the island’s tallest volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8-kilometer no ...

Krakatoa, located in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, is infamous for its catastrophic eruption in 1883. It's one ...

It has shown signs of activity, such as small eruptions and earthquakes, indicating that it could erupt again in the future. Mount Merapi, Indonesia: The fire mountain of Java History: Mount ...

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) distributed financial and logistical assistance for earthquake victims in West ...

This week in 1883, Krakatoa, a volcano on an uninhabited island between Sumatra and Java, violently erupted. Volcanic dust spewed into the atmosphere. Huge tsunami waves swept across the region.

The force of this eruption on the small ... One eyewitness wrote, "the coasts of Java, as those of Sumatra, were entirely destroyed....The villages and trees had disappeared; we could not even ...

It was 10:02 AM local time when the sound emerged from the island of Krakatoa, which sits between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia ... the Krakatoa explosion could be heard. (Credit: “The eruption of ...

Merapi is located in one of the most densely populated parts of Java with over 11,000 people ... live in volcanic areas despite the risks of an eruption. Volcanoes can provide people with many ...