Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, erupted again in 2026, sending ash into the sky as its ongoing eruptive phase continued. The volcano has also produced repeated lava avalanches and pyroclastic ...

Videos show Indonesia’s Mount Merapi spewing a column of ash around 2 kilometres high in West Sumatra’s Tanh Datar District. Authorities have enforced an “exclusion zone” within a 3-kilometre radius ...

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High on the slopes of Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, villagers stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a front yard to watch a ceremony called Jathilan. A live gamelan band ...

Mount Merapi erupts in Java, sending ash and smoke into the sky as the scene is caught on camera. The footage shows the sudden force of one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, turning the mountain ...