All Stories: Ash

JAKARTA: Seven people have died and two are in critical condition after Mount Sinabung on Sumatra island erupted on Saturday. 

TOKYO: A violent volcanic eruption in southern Japan Friday forced scores of people to evacuate and shot a huge column of ash high into the air.

TOKYO: At least 36 people are feared to have died after a Japanese volcano erupted without warning at the weekend, raining ash and stones on hikers, but the search for victims was abandoned on Monday due to fears of rising levels of toxic gases.