YOGYAKARTA--Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted Sunday, spreading searing gas clouds and avalanches of lava down its slopes as other active volcanoes flared up across the country, forcing the ...

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Mt. Dukono in eastern Indonesia erupted again on Wednesday, releasing a thick column of volcanic ash that rose 1,600 meters (5,249 feet) above its summit, according to the country’s state-run ...

JAKARTA: Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, erupted on Sunday at 8.17pm Central Indonesia Time (WITA), spewing a 300-meter column of volcanic ash above its peak.