![Mount Merapi's last major eruption in 2010 killed 347 people and caused the evacuation of 20,000 villagers [File: Bay Ismoyo/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/20101025132728975738_20.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
About 500 people evacuated near Mount Merapi after authorities raise volcano alert to the second-highest level.
Volcanoes
We investigate how a luxury cruise turned into a deadly nightmare when a volcano erupted on New Zealand’s White Island.
![Some villagers may be able to return to their homes after the Philippines lowered the alert level for Taal volcano, south of Manila [Philippines Office of Civil Defense via AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/316b44bf8e1445e79e26509fc59f6b4d_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Tens of thousands of people were forced to evacuate when volcano south of Manila began spewing ash...
![New openings on the slope of the volcano, the widening of road cracks in nearby towns, and a receding shoreline around Taal Lake could also indicate bigger eruptions, experts said [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/403ffef6f32f46a08507cc5d8ac12831_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Number of displaced residents rises to 162,000 as experts say steady steam emission and tremors...
Officials advise thousands of displaced villagers not to return to danger zone after signs point to imminent eruption.
Taal volcano still an imminent danger but Philippine coastguard is finding fishermen at sea, despite warnings.
Taal Volcano has cloaked tourist-dependent communities in ash and residents fear they have nothing to return to.
![Residents fishing on Taal lake as the volcano erupts in Tanauan town, Batangas province. [Ted Aljibe/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/770fb4cda7a84d5aaa92fbcc40d2f701_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Tens of thousands of people evacuated amid fears of a major volcanic eruption near the Philippine capital of Manila.
![Thousands of people have been evacuated from around the volcano, the second most active in the Philippines [Aaron Favila/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/d006d1580ccc4c36b8d0ab1c22bcfe34_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Thousands of residents evacuated and Manila airport closed amid fears of ‘hazardous’ eruption of Taal volcano.
Thousands of residents evacuated and Manila airport closed amid fears the Taal volcano is about to erupt.
![Police said on Monday one of those injured during the eruption had died in an Auckland hospital on the weekend, bringing the official death toll to 17 [File: Jorge Silva/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/64f710e5b024497d9e8116a5da5f1807_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Remains of teenager from Australia and tour guide from New Zealand are believed to have been swept into the ocean.
![New Zealand will observe a minute's silence for those who died when White Island erupted last week [New Zealand Police via AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/c30fbd1baeb8470184a3a6e0edb65378_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The death toll from the eruption of New Zealand’s most active volcano now stands at 18, with 17 still in hospital.
![An aerial view of the Whakaari, also known as White Island volcano [Jorge Silva/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/62a88cc200b14954b2831404290cd45e_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Death toll from last week’s eruption rose to 16 on Sunday as one more person died in an Australian hospital.
![Police believe one of the missing bodies was sighted in the water close to the island by rescue teams on Tuesday, the day after the eruption [Handout Photo: New Zealand Defence Force via AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/01dfa497f7e14bdbae8d2309a76cb2b9_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Search for missing bodies resumed at dawn on Saturday after it was suspended Friday afternoon due to weather conditions.