JAKARTA: Hundreds of Indonesians stayed in temporary shelters on Thursday after a volcano on the main island of Java erupted, damaging houses and a school, with around 190 people evacuated from its ...

Mount Seme­ru, located on the border of Lumajang and Malang regencies in East Java, erupted multiple times, sending ash columns up to 1,000m above its summit. Mount Semeru Observation Post officer ...

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A volcano in East Java erupted six times early today, with ash plumes reaching as high as 1,200m above its peak. A Level III alert status is in place for Mount Semeru, which has been in an active ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The death toll from a volcanic eruption Saturday on Indonesia's main island of Java has risen to 13, the country's disaster agency said Sunday. National Disaster Mitigation Agency ...

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 ...