The number of people killed by Mount Merapi, a volatile volcano that has been spewing ash and gas for two weeks, has climbed to 191, according to Indonesian officials. Muhammad Anshori, a disaster ...

Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, erupted Sunday. About a quarter-million people live in Merapi's immediate vicinity. Civilians, many of whom live on the volcano's slopes, were advised to ...

Indonesia's deadly Mount Merapi erupted Wednesday with its biggest volcanic blast yet, spewing hot clouds up to six miles away and forcing the government to evacuate people from refugee camps who had ...

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia – Large eruptions of searing hot gas and debris forced more than 1,000 villagers to flee Mount Merapi's slopes Wednesday, and authorities raised the volcano's alert level to ...

YOGYAKARTA, IndonesiaYOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted Sunday, spreading searing gas clouds and avalanches of lava down its slopes as other active volcanoes flared up across the ...

The continuing eruptions and belches of steam and ash from Indonesia's Mount Merapi have sent locals fleeing, fearing larger eruptions and wondering when the spewing lava will stop. Subscribe to read ...

JAVA, Indonesia — Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, shot up a huge cloud of hot gas and ash on Wednesday after two days of relative calm. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

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