Laki, which stands 1,703 meters tall, has erupted multiple times in recent months. In November, a series of eruptions killed ...

Greece’s government declared a state of emergency for Santorini on Thursday after hundreds of undersea earthquakes have ...

Millions of people around the world live near one of the roughly 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth—from Italy’s Campi Flegrei to Indonesia’s Merapi to the United States’ Mount Rainier.

The Prambanan temple compound originally housed 240 Hindu temple structures, many of which were destroyed, likely by volcanic ... still-active Mount Merapi. Of the 240 original temples, only ...

Yogyakarta is all this and more, as Alexandra Wong discovers in a chance encounter atop Mount Merapi, Indonesia’s most volatile volcano. I’M about to join my fellow travel companions when ...

A deadly stampede during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, has left several people feared dead and many injured.

The Sony World Photography Awards returns to celebrate contemporary photography and the ways the arts reflect the world ...

East Java, Indonesia - December 04, 2023 Highest volcano, Mount Semeru, spewed a column of volcanic ash into the air in a ...

Indonesia, a vast archipelago, experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity as it lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire. Last November, Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,703-meter (5,587-foot ...

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In 2018, the side of the Anak Krakatau volcano collapsed in a powerful eruption and produced a tsunami that killed hundreds and injured thousands on nearby Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. A new ...