Mount Merapi
latest news & developmentsJakarta flights cancelled after volcano eruption
Airlines cancelled flights to and from Jakarta on Saturday, affecting carriers from Europe to Asia, because of ash from the Mount Merapi volcano.
Dozens killed as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia’s most active volcano killed 69 people on Friday in its biggest eruption in more than a century.
Merapi spews searing clouds
Indonesian scientists on Wednesday again placed Mount Merapi on its highest-alert level a day after the volcano had been downgraded, meaning they believe an eruption is imminent.…
Indonesia downgrades Mount Merapi alert
Indonesia on Tuesday downgraded its top alert on Mount Merapi volcano as scientists said they no longer believe an eruption is imminent. Merapi — whose name means "Mountain of…
Indonesia on alert over Mount Merapi
Indonesia’s Mount Merapi continued to spew lava and searing clouds of gas and ash on Sunday as geologists maintained the top danger alert on the smouldering volcano. Despite…
Quake recovery efforts overshadowed by volcano
Thousands of Indonesians, already shaken from an earthquake last month, were evacuated from the slopes of a trembling volcano as it threatened to spark a second emergency on…
Villagers flock home under Indonesian volcano
Indonesia’s Mount Merapi appeared calm again on Thursday as hundreds of evacuees drifted back home, unconvinced they were in danger from the simmering volcano. But scientists…
Thousands flee homes fearing eruption in Indonesia
Thousands of villagers began fleeing their homes in the path of red-hot lava flows oozing from Indonesia’s Mount Merapi on Saturday as officials said an eruption looked imminent.…