Mount Merapi Volcano Erupts, Sends Ash Column Two Kilometers High
Mount Merapi in West Sumatra released a two-kilometer ash column on 30 May 2026. Officials maintain a three-kilometer exclusion zone first set after a 2023 eruption.
Al JazeeraMount Merapi in West Sumatra released a column of ash approximately two kilometers high on 30 May 2026. Videos recorded the plume rising above the volcano in the Tanh Datar District.
have kept a three-kilometer exclusion zone around the volcano since an eruption in 2023. The zone restricts access to areas closest to the crater. No injuries or damage have been reported from the latest activity.
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