Topic: Java (Island)

Indonesia issues tsunami warning after quake off Java

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's quake agency on Monday issued a tsunami warning after a 7.1 magnitude quake struck at about 300 kilometres (186 miles) off Cilacap on the south coast of Java island.The quake was at a depth of 10 ...
Indonesian artist raises funds for volcano victims by selling souvenirs of ashAn Indonesian artist is selling tourist souvenirs of ash from the country's most volatile volcano to raise money for victims of its eruptions.The English-language daily The Jakarta Globe reported ...

Indonesian artist sells volcano ash as souvenirs

0 . An Indonesian artist is selling tourist souvenirs of ash from the country's most volatile volcano to raise money for victims of its eruptions ...

Indonesia downgrades Mount Merapi volcano alert

Indonesian scientists Friday downgraded the alert status of Mount Merapi from its highest level after it killed more than 350 people in a series of violent eruptions that started in late October."The decision was taken this morning at 9:00 am ...

Madura

It lies along the eastern coast of Java in the Java Sea. Madura has a tropical climate with temperatures averaging between 75? and 95? F. (20? and 30? C.). The total population of Madura and the larger neighboring island of Java in ...

Madura

Madura, Indonesia, one of the Greater Sunda Islands. It lies along the eastern coast of Java in the Java Sea. Madura has an approximate area of...
The death toll is climbing in the wake of another Indonesia volcanic eruption Thursday night and early Friday.. . Sixty mile-an-hour lava flows and...
On the Indonesian island of Java, this hearty, main-course salad?known as gado-gado?is sold by street vendors, who carry the ingredients on yoke-like poles, assembling each serving to order. Put a steamer basket in a large pot and fill the pot ...

Recipes: The Javanese omelet

[From Indonesia comes an exotic dish that will have your family and friends praising you and asking for more. ] When I lived in Southern California I made friends with a neighbor down the street whose wife came from the city of Jakarta ...

Terrified Indonesians flee erupting volcano

SLEMAN, Indonesia (Reuters) - An Indonesian volcano erupted on Tuesday, prompting terrified villagers to flee and join the thousands already evacuated from its slopes, witnesses said.The peak of Mount Merapi was clouded with smoke, a Reuters photographer said, making it impossible to ...