The climber who went missing while illegally climbing Mount Merapi was found dead on Wednesday, December 24, 2025.

Mount Merapi has erupted at regular intervals since 1854, but this hasn't stopped thousands of people from settling on its slopes. The nearby city of Yogyakarta has a population of 2.4million yet sits ...

The Mount Merapi volcano has claimed the lives of scores more victims today with the death toll now standing at 102. In tragic scenes that defied belief, 35 scorched bodies were carried down the ...

Relief operations could last for months after thousands were displaced when Indonesia volcano Mount Merapi had its biggest eruption yet. An earthquake struck Indonesia on Wednesday and its vulnerable ...

A view from a domestic flight from Denpasar to Yogyakarta that was subsequently diverted to Surabaya airport shows a plume of gas and ash billowing some 10 km (six miles) high from the Mount Merapi ...

Mount Merapi emits incandescent lava seen from Srumbung, Magelang, Central Java, Thursday 9 September 2021. According to data from the Geological Disaster Technology Research and Development Center ...

Mount Merapi has erupted, spewing clouds of hot ash and gas into the air as lava seeps down its slopes. The Indonesian volcano unleashed debris and rocks on its side this morning at local time. The ...

Mount Merapi has erupted sending a river of lava and gas clouds flowing down its slopes. The volcano, which sits in Yogyakarta near to Magelang and Sleman districts on the island of Java, is the most ...

After a lull that allowed mourners to hold a mass burial for victims, Mount Merapi in Indonesia started rumbling again. At least 36 people were killed in earlier eruptions this week, with authorities ...

Mount Merapi is Indonesia's most active volcano, having erupted regularly since 1854. Thousands of people live on its flanks, with the city of Yogyakarta (population 2.4 million) just 17 miles north ...

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN)-- Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted again Friday, spewing volcanic material for more than an hour, the official Antara news agency reported. The death toll from the volcano's ...

Villagers in Indonesia are trying to return to their homes on the slopes of a volatile volcano after an eruption. Mount Merapi in Java began spewing molten rock, heat clouds and ash into surrounding ...