Mount Merapi, which stands at about 9,551 feet (2,911 meters) tall, lies in one of the world's most densely populated areas and dominates the landscape immediately north of the major city of ...

Mt. Merapi volcano emits smoke, as seen from Cangkringan village in the district of Sleman, central Java, on Oct. 25. Indonesia's most volatile volcano started erupting Tuesday, ...

Mount Merapi is the most active of more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia. The 2.968-meter (9,737-foot) high stratovolcano has seen increased volcanic activity in recent weeks, ...

Top left: The plume from Merapi captured by a nearby aircraft on November 4, 2010. Welcome to Eruptions, a blog about all things volcanic. Eruption is written and maintained by Erik Klemetti, ...

Merapi, on the densely populated island of Java, unleashed clouds of hot ash and a mixture of rock, lava and gas that traveled up to 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) down its slopes.

The continuing eruptions and belches of steam and ash from Indonesia's Mount Merapi have sent locals fleeing, fearing larger eruptions and wondering when the spewing lava will stop. Gunung Merapi ...

Merapi’s last major eruption in 2010 killed 347 people and caused the evacuation of 20,000 villagers. Indonesia, an archipelago of 270 million people, ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Research and Development Center for Geological Disaster Technology (BPPTKG) reported that Mount Merapi, located on the border of Central Java and Yogyakarta, emitted 160 lava ...

A viral post on Twitter here by Matt Thomas makes the claim that a recent eruption of Mt. Merapi in Indonesia emitted more carbon dioxide than “every car driven in history”.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted twice on Friday, shooting ash plumes as high as 6 kilometers (4 miles) in the sky and forcing the closure of two airports.

Merapi unleashed clouds of hot ash and a mixture of rock and lava that travelled up to 2km (1.2 miles), said Agus Budi Santoso, the head of Indonesia’s Geological Disaster Technology Research ...