The death toll from a sudden, spectacular eruption of Indonesia's Mount Semeru has risen to 14, disaster officials said, as rescuers searched villages blanketed in molten ash for survivors. The ...

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The death toll from the eruption of Indonesia's Mount Semeru volcano has risen to 34, the national disaster agency said, as aid was rushed to the affected region. The biggest mountain on the island of ...

Rescuers were sifting through smouldering debris and thick mud in search of survivors a day after the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java erupted, killing at least 14 ...

Several villages were blanketed with falling ash. A man inspects a lorry buried in the ash following the eruption of Mount Semeru in Lumajang district, East Java province, Indonesia (Trisnadi/AP) ...

MOUNT SEMERU, THE highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java, spewed hot clouds as far away as 4.5km today. There were no immediate evacuations, but the National Disaster ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities ordered people living near a volcano to leave their homes on Friday and a major city closed its airport after the 5,500 meter (18,000 ft) peak sent a column ...