Friday, December 26, 2025

Indonesia's Merapi volcano spews hot clouds, 500 evacuate

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano spewed avalanches of hot clouds Thursday morning as hundreds more residents were evacuated from its fertile slopes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Indonesia's Merapi volcano spews hot clouds, 500 evacuate

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano spewed avalanches of hot clouds Thursday morning as hundreds of residents were evacuated from its fertile slopes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Evacuation begins as Indonesia's most active volcano rumbles

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities began evacuating people living on the volatile Mount Merapi volcano’s fertile slopes on Friday following an increase in volcanic activity.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Indonesia raises volcano threat level, sets no-go-zone

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities raised the danger level for the volatile Mount Merapi volcano on the densely populated island of Java on Thursday and ordered a halt to tourism and mining activities.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Indonesia's most active volcano erupts, spews ash into sky

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted Tuesday, spewing sand and pyroclastic material and sending a massive column of smoke and ash as high as 6,000 meters (19,680 feet) into the sky.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Indonesians flee volcanic blast

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia - Indonesia's deadly volcano sent a burst of searing gas high into the air Thursday, hours after its most explosive eruption in a deadly week triggered an exodus from villages and emergency shelters along its rumbling slopes.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO