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TEMPO.CO, Yogyakarta - The Yogyakarta Geological Disaster Technology Research and Development Center (BPPTKG) stated to the public, including tourists, for they do not need to be afraid to visit any ...

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

This aerial photo taken on Feb. 5, 2023 shows a view of the Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The 2,968-meter-high Mount Merapi is one of the active volcanoes in Indonesia. Photo: Xinhua This ...

Since October, more than 300 people have been killed by volatile volcano Mount Merapi's eruptions. Miles O'Brien reports from the village of Yogyakarta on the science and superstition surrounding the ...

Mount Merapi has erupted at regular intervals since 1854, but this hasn't stopped thousands of people from settling on its slopes. The nearby city of Yogyakarta has a population of 2.4million yet sits ...

YOGYAKARTA: Armed with a machete in hand, Musimin walked carefully along a narrow and unpaved footpath on the slopes of Mount Merapi, Indonesia’s most volatile volcano. Twenty minutes into his uphill ...

The World Bank together with Ministry of Public Works and National Disaster Management Agency held a workshop for facilitators who managed the Yogyakarta earthquake back in 2006 This workshop is the ...

YOGYAKARTA: Indonesia’s most volatile volcano was erupting again on Saturday (Mar 27), releasing plumes of ash high into the air and sending streams of lava and debris down its slopes. No casualties ...

The Merapi volcano erupted at 8.20am (local time) with volcanic spreading ash to the west of the crater, a spokesman of national disaster management agency Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said. He added: "The ...