#geological disaster

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Mount Merapi emits searing clouds twice up to 1.5 kilometers

Mount Merapi erupted twice on Monday morning, emitting scorching clouds as far as 1.5 kilometers (km) in the southwest ...

Merapi's lava dome volume reaches 950 thousand cubic meters: BPPTKG

Volume of lava dome in the middle of the crater's peak of Mount Merapi is estimated to reach 950 thousand cubic ...

Mount Merapi unleashes incandescent lava 20 times on Friday

Mount Merapi, straddling Yogyakarta and Central Java, erupted 20 times on Friday, spewing searing lava that flowed ...

Mount Merapi spews incandescent lava 17 times on Wednesday

Mount Merapi, straddling Yogyakarta and Central Java, erupted 17 times on Wednesday, with incandescent lava flowing up ...

Mount Merapi emits incandescent lava 3 times as far as 900 meters

Mount Merapi, standing on the border between Yogyakarta and Central Java, erupted three times on Sunday, with ...

Mt Merapi belches ash 1.2 km into the sky

Mount Merapi, which straddles Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces, spewed columns of ash as far as 1,200 meters into ...

Mount Merapi releases hot clouds on Tuesday morning

Mount Merapi, located between Central Java and Yogyakarta, ejected hot clouds as far as 700 meters to the southwest ...

Mount Merapi emits incandescent lava 13 times on Saturday

Mount Merapi, standing on the border between Yogyakarta and Central Java, erupted 13 times on Saturday, with ...

Mt Merapi spews lava 12 times in single day

Mount Merapi, which straddles Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces, emitted lava 12 times between midnight and 6 p.m. ...

Hot clouds billowing from erupting Mount Merapi spread 1.9 kilometers

Mount Merapi, located on the border separating the Yogyakarta Special Region and Central Java, erupted twice on ...

Mount Merapi belches out hot clouds, lava on Tuesday morning

Mount Merapi, straddling Central Java and Yogyakarta, spewed hot clouds and fiery red lava in the southwesterly ...

Mount Merapi belches lava up to 1.5 kilometers on Tuesday

Mount Merapi, straddling Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces, spewed red hot lava 12 times, with a maximum glide ...

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Five volcanoes erupting sporadically in Indonesia since Jan 2021

Indonesia has the largest number and highest density of active volcanoes worldwide, as the country lies in the Pacific ...

Mt Sinabung shoots out ash clouds one km into sky

Mount Sinabung in Karo district, North Sumatra province, erupted again on Friday afternoon, hurling columns of volcanic ...

Mt Merapi spews hot lava for 10 times

Mount Merapi located between Central Java and Yogyakarta Provinces, on Sunday morning spewed hot lava for 10 times with ...