Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Nine years ago, a rice paddy in eastern Java suddenly cleaved open and began spewing steaming mud. Before long, it covered an area twice ...

The world’s most destructive mud volcano was born near the town of Sidoarjo, on the island of Java, Indonesia, just over 11 years ago – and to this day it has not stopped erupting. The mud volcano ...

Social media videos showed people running into the streets as bright orange flames and smoke spewed into the sky.

THICK, hot sludge burst through the earth’s crust in the middle of a city more than a decade ago. It hasn’t stopped flowing since. Heavy with cars and trucks, it connected the country’s second largest ...

On May 29, 2006, mud and steaming hot water squirted up in a rice field in Sidoarjo, East Java, marking the birth of the world's most destructive mud volcano. Stringer / Indonesia / Reuters / Corbis ...

"Four people were near the eruption site at that time. Three people were taken to the community health centre and one person was taken to the hospital." Reuters Four farmers were poisoned and buffalo ...