Mount Semeru, the highest volcano on the island of Java, erupted several times early Sunday morning, sending ash columns high ...

An eruption at Mount Semeru on the Lumajang-Malang border in East Java triggered a pyroclastic flow reaching 3.5 kilometers on Sunday morning. "An ...

Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) represent some of the most formidable and complex volcanic phenomena, characterised by a turbulent mixture of solid particles and gases that surge down slopes at ...

Semeru volcano — the tallest volcano on Java at 3,676 meters — erupted on the afternoon of November 19, 2025, with pyroclastic flows racing at high speed more than 8.5 kilometers down its slopes, as ...

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