A thin line of skeletal white trees zigzags down the southern side of Mount Merapi and ends near a plateau housing a Pompeiian collection of geological mementoes. Outdoor stalls sell mini- volcano ...

The Mount Merapi volcano has claimed the lives of scores more victims today with the death toll now standing at 102. In tragic scenes that defied belief, 35 scorched bodies were carried down the ...

River of lava and gas clouds flow 3,000 metres down slopes of country’s most active volcano Indonesia’s most active volcano has erupted, sending a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 3,000 ...

The Merapi volcano erupted at 8.20am (local time) with volcanic spreading ash to the west of the crater, a spokesman of national disaster management agency Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said. He added: "The ...

Mount Merapi is considered one of the world’s most active volcanoes and its eruption on Thursday showed its destructive power. The volcano is located in Indonesia’s Central Java province and local ...

LOCAL residents have been warned to stay away from their homes in Indonesia after a massive volcano began erupting. Massive plumes of hot ash blocked out the sun after the volcano suddenly blew its ...

120 mountaineers were rescued as huge plumes of smoke and ash billowed from the 9,700ft summit today THOUSANDS fled their homes and 120 mountaineers had to be rescued as Indonesia’s most active ...

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed avalanches of hot clouds in eruptions overnight Thursday that forced about 250 residents to flee to temporary shelters and left ash blanketing nearby villages ...

Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano spewed avalanches of hot clouds Thursday morning as more than 500 residents were evacuated from its fertile slopes. Fog was covering the volcano at the time, so the ...

Indonesia’s Merapi volcano spews lava and gas into the air after a sudden eruption A volcano has erupted on the densely populated island of Java in Indonesia. Mount Merapi suddenly erupted during the ...

THOUSANDS fled their homes and 120 mountaineers had to be rescued as Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted this morning. An airport near Mount Merapi in central Java was closed to all flights as ...