--- description: Mount Merapi, near the city of Yogyakarta, erupted this week, killing at least 25 people and displacing 22,000 who live in the area title: A Volcano's Deadly Eruption in Indonesia image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) # A Volcano's Deadly Eruption in Indonesia by [TIME](/author/time/) Oct 27, 2010 4:00 AM CUT by [TIME](/author/time/) Oct 27, 2010 4:00 AM CUT Mount Merapi, near the city of Yogyakarta, erupted this week, killing at least 25 people and displacing 22,000 who live in the area ### Onlookers  Villagers in Cangkringan, Indonesia, ride in the smoky shadow of the Mount Merapi volcano on Oct. 25, the day before it erupted. Mount Merapi, which looms over the city of Yogyakarta, means "fire mountain," and has had several deadly eruptions in the past 200 years. Dwi Oblo / Reuters ### Topless  Trees are left bare and burnt after the searing clouds and volcanic ash of Mount Merapi hit in Kinahrejo. Beawiharta / Reuters ### Procession  Volunteers march through the village of Kinarrejo, covered in volcanic ash, carrying the bodies of those who died after the eruption. In 1930, a particularly disastrous Merapi eruption killed over 1000 people. Beawiharta / Reuters ### White Wreckage  A rescuer stands among the ruins of a village hit by pyroclastic flows from the Merapi eruption. The volcano is part of the Pacific 'Ring of Fire,' an area of the Pacific known for the deadly underground forces responsible for natural disasters such as volcanoes and tsunamis. Trisnadi / AP ### Destination Unknown  A truck transfers villagers forced to evacuate after an eruption alert was raised to the highest level. More than 22,000 villagers who live on the slopes of Merapi have left their homes. Ulet Ifansasti / Getty Images ### Ashen  Volcanic ash blankets a volunteer at a hospital in the Pakem district of Sleman. Paramedics raced to help rescuers and victims of the deadly eruptions. Dwi Oblo / Reuters ### Twin Disasters  A more peaceful view of Mount Merapi is captured from Cangkringan village. The same day that Merapi erupted, an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed more than 100 people. Dwi Oblo / Reuters ### Cattle Victim  Animals like this cow, seen in Kinahrejo, perished as Mount Merapi blanketed mountain towns with its ash. Beawiharta / Reuters ### Rescue  A young victim of the eruption is carried away from the wreckage by a rescuer in Kinahrejo. CLARA PRIMA / AFP / Getty Images ### Dispirited  A villager watches as Indonesia's Vice President Boediono visits a temporary relief shelter in Sleman. Beawiharta / Reuters A Volcano's Deadly Eruption in Indonesia - Photo Essays - TIME ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7073090/a-volcanos-deadly-eruption-in-indonesia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7073090/a-volcanos-deadly-eruption-in-indonesia/"},"headline":"A Volcano's Deadly Eruption in Indonesia","datePublished":"2010-10-27T04:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T10:45:55.184Z","description":"Mount Merapi, near the city of Yogyakarta, erupted this week, killing at least 25 people and displacing 22,000 who live in the area","url":"https://time.com/archive/7073090/a-volcanos-deadly-eruption-in-indonesia/","keywords":["LightBox"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/author/time/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7073090/a-volcanos-deadly-eruption-in-indonesia/","name":"A Volcano's Deadly Eruption in Indonesia"}}]}] ```