Indonesian authorities were preparing Thursday to evacuate some 3,000 people due to the risks associated with the eruption of the Ibu volcano in the east of the country, which this week released 4 kilometer-plumes of smoke,

Authorities have begun evacuating 3,000 residents near the Mount Ibu volcano on Indonesia's eastern island of Halmahera, the disaster agency said on Thursday, after an eruption this week sent a cloud of thick grey ash as high as four-km (2.

ISTANBULHundreds of residents were evacuated from Indonesia’s Halmahera Island after the local government launched a high-level emergency response in th

Thousands of people declined on Thursday a government-led evacuation in eastern Indonesia where a volcano has been spewing smoke and ash, arguing that they are accustomed to the eruptions. As of Thursday morning,

Authorities call for evacuation of 3,000 people living near Mount Ibu, on remote Halmahera island in North Maluku province

Hundreds of islanders have been evacuated, with thousands more awaiting their turn, following increased volcanic eruptions in eastern Indonesia.

Residents who chose to stay argued they were used to Mount Ibu's eruptions as officials raise the alert to max

Mount Semeru in East Java, Indonesia, erupted again on Wednesday, sending ash into the skies over Lumajang Regency, local authorities reported. A column of volcanic ash was thrown approximately 1 km (0.62 miles) high, according to the Geological Agency of the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry.

Authorities in Indonesia are rushing to evacuate 3,000 residents near the Mount Ibu volcano after it erupted for a third time in just a few days, sending a 2.5-mile-high ash cloud into the sky. The volcano,

Thousands of islanders are set to be evacuated after a volcano erupted in eastern Indonesia, spewing a towering column of smoke and ash into the atmosphere, officials said Wednesday.