Category: active volcanoe

Indonesia’s Merapi Volcano Spews Hot Clouds in New Eruption

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia—Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted Saturday with avalanches of searing gas clouds and lava, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities on the slopes of the country’s most active volcano. Merapi, on the densely populated island of Java, unleashed clouds of hot ash and a mixture of rock, lava, and gas that traveled…


Philippines Evacuates Residents as Small Volcano Spews Mile-High Plume

MANILA—A small but restive volcano south of the Philippine capital spewed a 1.5 km (almost 1 mile) plume on Saturday, prompting authorities to raise an alert level and evacuate more than a thousand residents. The alert for the Taal volcano, about 70 km (45 miles) south of central Manila, was increased to level 3 from…