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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The volcanic activity of Mount Merapi in Indonesia has shown a significant escalation with a record of three hot cloud emissions on Sunday morning, April 12, 2026. Over the past ...

Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, erupted on October 29, 2025, sending plumes of ash and smoke into the sky. The eruption is part of Merapi's ongoing activity, which has been continuous ...

Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta is one of Indonesia’s most active and iconic volcanoes, towering above fertile lands and vibrant local communities. The surrounding villages and rice fields thrive thanks to ...

The next global volcanic disaster is more likely to come from volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored than from the likes of famous volcanoes such as Etna in Sicily or Yellowstone in ...

Semeru volcano — the tallest volcano on Java at 3,676 meters — erupted on the afternoon of November 19, 2025, with pyroclastic flows racing at high speed more than 8.5 kilometers down its slopes, as ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Taftan, a 13,000-foot-tall stratovolcano in southeastern Iran, is showing signs of life with a rapid uplifting of ground near the summit over the ...

Less than a week after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake sparked tsunami warnings throughout the Pacific Ocean, a volcano in far eastern Russia, on Sunday, spewed hot ash miles into the sky, marking ...

A volcano on Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight into Sunday for the first time in at least 400 years. The Krasheninnikov volcano sent ash more than 3.7 miles into the sky, ...

The eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano on Sunday in Russia’s Far East came after a series of seismic events this past week on the Kamchatka peninsula. By Nataliya Vasilyeva A long-dormant volcano ...

Klyuchevskoy volcano in eastern Russia began erupting shortly after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks shook the same area. "A descent of hot lava is observed on the western ...