Indonesia mud volcano breaches barrier and sparks panic
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PORONG, Indonesia  - A mud volcano that forced more than 15,000 people to abandon their homes on the Indonesian island of Java in 2006 has breached the barriers built to contain it, causing further damage, police said.
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A tsunami warning siren went off accidentally in Indonesia's Aceh province on Monday, causing residents to flee their homes and run to higher ground, officials said.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- The first images yesterday of the seabed battered by the earthquake that triggered Asia's catastrophic tsunami revealed huge ruptures spanning several miles.
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SURABAYA, Indonesia - Indonesian engineers temporarily halted an attempt to plug a fissure that has been gushing mud for nine months, after a steel cable hoisting cement balls into the crater broke Saturday, officials said.
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A volcano in the Philippines showed more signs of erupting Tuesday, belching ash three times overnight as officials evacuated tens of thousands of villagers.
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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang   Yudhoyono has formed a national team led by the energy minister   to tackle an unfolding environmental disaster caused by mud   pouring from an exploratory oil well.
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MOUNT KELUD, Indonesia - Tens of thousands of people were ordered by police - some at gunpoint - to leave their homes on the slopes of one of Indonesia's deadliest volcanoes yesterday after a series of underground tremors heightened fears of an imminent eruption.
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NGANCAR, Indonesia  - Indonesian authorities urged residents not to return to their homes near a volcano in eastern Java after experts warned on Friday that Mount Kelud was still liable to erupt. Many locals have dug in and are trying to stay put despite an order to evacuate a 10-km (6 mile) zone around the 1,731-metre (5,712-foot) volcano, one of Indonesia's deadliest.
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SURABAYA, Indonesia  - An Indonesian gas pipeline exploded near the city of Surabaya on Java island, killing at least seven people, officials said on Thursday.
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Heavy rains and high tides have caused chaos in Indonesia's capital for three days, highlighting its ailing infrastructure as roads to the airport became impassable and thousands had to abandon their homes or cars.
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Pressure at a simmering Indonesian volcano on Java island escalated Friday, a geologist warned, as armed police forced some defiant villagers to evacuate ahead of a potential eruption.
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A powerful earthquake of 7.9 magnitude strikes Indonesia, triggering a tsunami alert.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Soldiers, police and volunteers dug for survivors of landslides that killed as many as 78 people Wednesday in western Indonesia, including dozens who were celebrating the cleanup of a mud-covered home, a rescue official said.
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At least seven people are killed in a gas pipeline blast near a massive mud leak in Indonesia's Java island.
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An strong undersea earthquake on Thursday off central Indonesia's Nusa Tenggara island chain sparked panic and prompted a brief tsunami warning, but there were no reports of casualties or major damage.
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Indonesia's president has declared a part of East Java swamped by a mudspill a disaster zone and ordered that some 3,000 families be permanently relocated, a minister said.
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Mount Merapi spit out lava and a spectacular series of hot clouds Tuesday, as Indonesian government observers warned that the volcano remained a danger to villagers living on its slopes.