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Several villages were blanketed with falling ash. Rescuers were sifting through smouldering debris and thick mud in search of survivors a day after the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely ...

JAKARTA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A volcano in Indonesia's East Java province erupted on Saturday, spewing ash and smoke as high as an estimated 5.6 kilometres into the sky, according to data from the ...

On November 19, 2025, Mount Semeru, the tallest volcano in Java, erupted violently at 4:00 PM local time. The eruption sent a massive column of ash shooting two kilometers into the sky and created ...