Mount Merapi (meaning Mountain of Fire) is an active stratovolcano (or composite volcano) located in south-east Asia, on the island of Java, Indonesia, a lower middle income country (LMIC).

JAKARTA--Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed avalanches of hot clouds Thursday morning as more than 500 residents were evacuated from its fertile slopes. Fog was covering the volcano at the ...

Parts of the lava dome were collapsing, sending rocks and ash flowing down the southwest flank of the volcano. Ash covered several villages and nearby towns, she said. Mount Merapi has seen ...