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Java volcano eruption forces evacuations as hundreds seek refuge in temporary shelters

Nearly 900 people were relocated to shelters in schools, mosques and village halls following the eruption, according to ...

Thousands on alert in Indonesia’s Java after Mt. Semeru eruption

JAKARTA--Thousands of residents in Indonesia’s East Java were on high alert on Monday after a violent eruption at the ...

Death toll rises to 13 in Indonesia volcano eruption

The death toll following the eruption of the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java has risen ...

Mt Anak Krakatau erupts more than two dozen times, blankets nearby island in ash

JAKARTA: Mount Anak Krakatau, located in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, has erupted more than two dozen times in ...

Krakatoa’s eruption created the loudest sound in human history

A series of colossal explosions rocked the region on Aug. 26, 1883, culminating in a cataclysmic eruption that destroyed most ...

Volcanoes that made history

Long after the lava stopped flowing, enormous eruptions altered Earth’s climate and societies all over the globe ...
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Indonesians mark 20 years since mud volcano eruption swallowed up entire communities in East Java

SIDOARJO – Residents in the East Java province of Indonesia scattered flowers, paid their respects and prayed at the edge of a mud lake on Friday, the 20th anniversary of the eruption of the Lusi mud ...