The Latest Breaking News from Mount Merapi

Eleven climbers dead, 12 missing after eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi

Authorities say 75 people were in the area when the West Sumatra volcano erupted on Sunday.

Al Jazeera · Dec 4, 2023

Living near the fire – 500 million people worldwide have active volcanoes as neighbors

The thought of living near an active volcano probably sounds like an unimaginable risk to you – and rightly so. An active volcano is never safe and can turn a forested hillside into a lifeless wasteland in a matter of seconds. From molten avalanches of rock to razor-sharp lung-shredding ash,…

The Conversation · Jul 13, 2023

Indonesia’s Merapi spews searing gas clouds and lava

Avalanches of searing gas clouds and lava have erupted from Mount Merapi on the densely populated Indonesian island of Java.

The New Daily · Mar 11, 2023

Lava Flows as Indonesia’s Mount Merapi Continues to Erupt

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi continued to erupt Friday, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities on the slopes of the country’s most active volcano. The volcano on the densely populated island of Java unleashed clouds of hot ash shortly before midnight Wednesday into early morning Thursday and fast-moving pyroclastic flows…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 11, 2022

Lava flows as Indonesia's Mount Merapi continues to erupt

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi is continuing to erupt, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities on the slopes of the country’s most active volcano

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2022

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupts multiple times, 250 evacuate

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano has spewed avalanches of hot clouds in eruptions overnight that forced about 250 residents to flee to temporary shelters

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2022