Indonesia’s Mount Merapi has erupted with avalanches of searing gas clouds and lava, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities on the slopes of the country’s most active volcano.

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano has spewed avalanches of hot clouds in eruptions overnight that forced about 250 residents to flee to temporary shelters.

Indonesia’s most active volcano has erupted with its biggest lava flow in months on the densely populated island of Java.

Indonesian scientists say a volcanic eruption on the country's turbulent Mount Merapi is sending out renewed flows of lava and hot ash.

Indonesia’s most volatile volcano is erupting with plumes of ash rising from the crater and lava streaming down its slopes.

Hot lava runs down from the crater of Mount Merapi, partially seen behind a mosque in Sleman, Indonesia, late Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. The country's most active volcano erupted Wednesday with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 1,500 meters (4,900 feet) down its slopes. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)YOGYAKARTA – Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted Wednesday with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 3,000 meters (nearly 10,000 feet) down its slopes. She said the volcano's lava dome is growing rapidly, causing hot lava and gas clouds to flow down its slopes. It is the most active of dozens of Indonesian volcanoes and has repeatedly erupted with lava and gas clouds recently.

Mount Merapi spews volcanic steam from its crater seen from Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. The 2,968-meter (9,737-foot) mountain spewed avalanches of hot clouds on Thursday morning amid its increasing volcanic activities. (AP Photo/Taufiq Rozzaq)JAKARTA – Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano spewed avalanches of hot clouds Thursday morning as hundreds more residents were evacuated from its fertile slopes. Light eruptions continued during the day — one sending a column of hot clouds rising 200 meters (yards) into the air. The geological authority had raised the alert level of Mount Merapi to the second-highest level in November after sensors picked up increasing activity.

YOGYAKARTA – Indonesian authorities began evacuating people living on the volatile Mount Merapi volcano’s fertile slopes on Friday following an increase in volcanic activity. The head of Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center, Hanik Humaida, warned that Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, could erupt at any time, possibly sending hot gas clouds down its slopes up to 5 kilometers (3 miles). On Thursday, Indonesia's geological agency raised Merapi’s alert level to the second-highest level after sensors picked up increased activity. The 2,968-meter (9,737-foot) mountain is about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the Yogyakarta city center. Its last major eruption in 2010 killed 347 people and caused the evacuation of 20,000 villagers.

A farmer walks on his field as Mount Merapi is seen in the background in Sleman, Indonesia, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Indonesian authorities raised the danger level for the volatile Mount Merapi volcano on the densely populated island of Java on Thursday and ordered a halt to tourism and mining activities. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)YOGYAKARTA – Indonesian authorities raised the danger level for the volatile Mount Merapi volcano on the densely populated island of Java on Thursday and ordered a halt to tourism and mining activities. Indonesia’s geological agency raised Merapi’s alert level, which had been at the third-highest level since it began erupting last year, to the second-highest level after sensors picked up increasing activity. About a quarter million people live within a 10-kilometer (6-mile) radius of the volcano, according to authorities in surrounding districts.