Motorboat (KM) Puspita Jaya with 16 passengers reportedly drowned in the Sunda Strait Waters or around Mount Anak Krakatau, Thursday, June 18. As a result of the incident, 10 people were reported missing. While six others survived. “The ship sank in the waters of the Sunda Strait with 16 passengers. Six survived and 10 others are still in search of …

Mount Merapi, located at the border of Central Java Province and Yogyakarta, erupted on Friday, emitting a cloud of ash column up to 3,000 meters from the volcano’s peak. Merapi erupted at 9:10 a.m. local time. Duration of the eruption was 103 seconds and an amplitude of 75 millimeters (mm), the Yogyakarta Geological Disaster Investigation and Technology Development Center (BPPTKG) …