BNPB reported that forest fires have hit five mountainous areas in East Java, including Mount Semeru and Ijen Crater.

JAKARTA: Forest fires around Mount Semeru in Lumajang regency, East Java, have burned 598 hectares on Monday (Aug 31), with ...

Three of Indonesia’s most restless volcanoes erupted within hours of one another on the night of August 18, 2026, sending ash ...

Forests and land in parts of the western, northern and southern regions of Lumajang Regency have been burning for the past ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Thousands of residents in Indonesia's East Java were on high alert on Monday after a violent eruption at the island's tallest volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8-kilometer ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Mount Semeru, the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java, spewed hot clouds as far away as 4.5 kilometers (nearly 3 miles) on Saturday. There ...

SUMBERWULUH, Indonesia (Reuters) -The eruption of Semeru volcano has killed at least 14 people and injured dozens on Java island, Indonesia's disaster agency said on Sunday, as rescue teams searched ...

Most areas in East Java have experienced over 60 consecutive days without rain, which is means they are in extreme drought.

Semeru erupted last year killing more than 50 people and displacing thousands more. The eruption, some 640 kilometers east of the capital, Jakarta, follows a series of earthquakes in the west of Java, ...

JAKARTA: Thousands of residents in Indonesia's East Java were on high alert on Monday (Dec 5) after a violent eruption at the island's tallest volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8km no-go zone ...