For foreigners, access to the volcano costs 200,000 Indonesian Rupiah (around €11 or $12) per person. The visitor car park is just a few metres from the crater rim. The best time to visit Java ...

Several airports have reopened on the Indonesian island of Java after being forced to close following the eruption of a volcano. Correspondents say air quality has improved across Java, but cities ...

Activity on the Indonesian volcano Mount Merapi has intensified, with continuous clouds of ash, gas and rock fragments spewing from its crater. One of the emissions sent a pile of debris 4km (2.5 ...

An airport official walks near a plane covered with volcanic ash following the eruption of Mount Kelud, at Adi Sumarmo airport in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, yesterday. JAKARTA: More than ...

Java volcano may erupt soon Java volcano may erupt soon mongabay.com April 25, 2006 Residents living around Mount Merapi on the island of Java are preparing to flee if the volcano erupts ...

A volcano on the Indonesian island of Java is continuing to spew hot clouds of smoke, ash and lava into the air. A mass evacuation was ordered two days ago and is still under way.

More than 76,000 people fled their homes and flights were grounded across most of Indonesia's densely populated island of Java on Friday after a volcanic eruption sent a huge plume of ash and sand ...

About 1,300 people died in a 1930 eruption. Indonesia is home to 129 active volcanoes and several erupt, usually mildly, every year.

Mount Kelud, in Java's east, spewed ash and debris over a large area on Friday, killing three people. The volcano had been rumbling for several weeks before it erupted.