Category: Volcanoes

Merapi Eruptions Leave 200 Missing

Indonesian rescue workers intensified the search for bodies and survivors on the slopes of Mount Merapi with more than

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Anak Krakatau’s Crater Expanding

Cinangka, Banten. The crater of Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait has expanded to a diameter of 25-26 meters,

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Children Missing in Volcano Chaos

Yogyakarta. Rescuers in Indonesia voiced fears on Tuesday for missing children lost in the chaos of a mass exodus

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Merapi Ground Heat Halts Searches

Indonesian rescue workers were forced to abandon efforts to retrieve bodies of victims from the Nov. 5 eruption of

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Yogyakarta Residents Flee Merapi

Mount Merapi, Indonesia. Frightened residents in a bustling city of 400,000 at the foot of Indonesia’s rumbling volcano headed

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New Merapi Eruption Imminent

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian vulcanologist is warning that Mount Merapi (meh-RAH'-pee) could erupt again at any

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Volcanic Ash Blankets Tourist Sites

Jakarta. The road to one of the country’s best-known icons, the ninth-century Borobudur temple, is covered in ash, and

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Qantas Decides to Fly to Jakarta

Qantas says it has made a careful assessment of weather conditions and will go ahead with today's flight to

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Pilot & Crew From A380 Were On 747

The pilot and crew who lived through the first Qantas engine failure were on board when flames shot out

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Merapi Forces Flight Cancellations

Nearly a dozen airlines have cancelled flights into Indonesia's main international airport after a volcano in central Java unleashed

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