SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — Residents in the East Java province of Indonesia scattered flowers, paid their respects and prayed at the edge of a mud lake on Friday, the 20th anniversary of the eruption ...

Mount Merapi erupts in Java, sending ash and smoke into the sky as the scene is caught on camera. The footage shows the sudden force of one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, turning the mountain ...

Volcanoes are some of the most powerful natural forces on Earth, capable of reshaping entire regions in a matter of hours.Their true impact is typically measured by the communities they effect.

Volcanologists discovered that really hot magma, oddly, won’t start cooling into rock until it reaches lower-than-normal temperatures. Reading time 3 minutes Rivers of lava rose to an average height ...

Smoke billows from the crater of the "mud volcano" that was caused by a gas exploration accident in 2006, in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Trisnadi) Smoke billows ...