The climber who went missing while illegally climbing Mount Merapi was found dead on Wednesday, December 24, 2025.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The head of the Mount Merapi National Park (TNGM), Muhammad Wahyudi, has ensured the recovery of the ecosystem in the affected areas due to illegal sand mining. Park officials have ...

Ash continued to billow from Mount Merapi in central Java on Tuesday, March 14, following an initial eruption on Saturday which forced authorities to halt tourism and mining activities in the area.

Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, erupted Sunday. About a quarter-million people live in Merapi's immediate vicinity. Civilians, many of whom live on the volcano's slopes, were advised to ...

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed avalanches of hot clouds in eruptions overnight Thursday that forced about 250 residents to flee to temporary shelters and left ash blanketing nearby villages ...

Mount Merapi, located near the city of Klaten in Central Java, Indonesia, erupted on Sunday, January 21, spewing ash toward the eastern slopes of the mountain. The Center for Research and Development ...

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupted Saturday, sending an avalanche of gas clouds and lava onto the surrounding villages. The Associated Press reports the head of Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and ...

Nov. 5 (UPI) --Authorities in Indonesia on Thursday boosted the threat level for the Mount Merapi volcano, which is near a densely populated area on the island of Java. Government volcano-watchers ...

JAVA, Indonesia — Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, shot up a huge cloud of hot gas and ash on Wednesday after two days of relative calm. Merapi, situated in one of the most ...

Dramatic images have emerged of a huge ash plume emerging from Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, which erupted twice on Saturday. Indonesia's Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard ...

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia— Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted Monday with its biggest lava flow in months, sending a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing more than 2 miles down its slopes on ...