"The last time the volcano experienced multiple eruptions was in 2019, but the ash barely reached the car park and it wasn't a major threat," says Hassan, who sells souvenirs at the Kawah Ratu crater.

The volcano appeared to calm down Friday, and many villagers returned to their homes. "If I stay at a shelter, who will care for my animals?" Adi Wiyono, 45, told Associated Press.

The volcano had rumbled and groaned for hours. "There was a thunderous rumble that went on for ages, maybe 15 minutes," said a farmer who by nightfall had yet to abandon his home on the slopes.

The spiritual keeper of Java's Mount Merapi performed incantations on the slopes of the rumbling mountain Friday as experts warned local villagers to stay away because the volcano could erupt at ...

A volcano erupted in Indonesia on Sunday spewing a cloud of ash 15 km into the sky and forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people, authorities said, as they issued their highest warning for the ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A towering column of ash exploded from a volcano on Indonesia’s most populous island, Java, forcing tourists and residents to flee the mountain.

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.

Located on the densely populated island of Java, Merapi is the most active of the more than 120 volcanoes across the country. A 2010 eruption killed 247 people and forced the evacuation of 20,000 ...