Indonesia’s Most Volatile Volcano Erupts on Java, Blanketing Towns in Ash

In this photo taken using slow camera shutter speed, hot lava runs down from the crater of Mount Merapi, in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on Aug. 9, 2021. Slamet Riyadi/AP Photo

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted on Aug. 9, pouring ash and lava into the sky on Java, a densely populated island that’s home to more than a dozen active volcanoes.

While hot ash from the eruption covered several villages and nearby towns, there was no immediate report of evacuations or deaths