HELICOPTERS with emergency supplies finally landed yesterday on the remote Indonesian islands slammed by a tsunami that killed at least 272 people, while elsewhere in the archipelago the toll from a volcanic eruption rose to 30, including the mountain’s spiritual caretaker.

Helicopters with emergency supplies today finally landed on remote Indonesian islands struck by a tsunami that killed more than 300 people.

The death toll from an earthquake and killer tsunami in Indonesia climbed to 272 today as helicopters with rescuers and emergency supplies finally reached the remote islands.

The death toll from an Indonesian tsunami has climbed to 154 with more than 400 people still missing, an official said today, as rescuers tried to help its victims and those affected by an erupting volcano.

INDONESIA’S Mount Merapi erupted three times yesterday, causing thousands to flee and claiming the life of a three-month-old baby girl as it emitted searing clouds and volcanic ash.

INDONESIA warned yesterday that its most volatile volcano could erupt at any time and started evacuating some of the thousands of villagers living on the mountain’s slope.

An Indonesian volcano shot a towering cloud of black ash high into the air today, dusting villages 15 miles (25km) away – its most powerful eruption since awaking from four centuries of dormancy.

An Indonesian volcano that had been quiet for four centuries shot a powerful new burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet in the air today, sending frightened residents fleeing to safety for the second time this week.

A VOLCANO in western Indonesia spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early yesterday in its first eruption in 400 years.

A volcano in western Indonesia spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early today in its first eruption in 400 years.

Armed police ordered villagers off the slopes of one of Indonesia’s deadliest volcanos fearing an imminent eruption today, but thousands refused to leave over concern for crops and livestock.

Thousands of villagers defied warnings of a major eruption at one of Indonesia’s deadliest volcanos, leaving refugee centres today and returning to its slopes to tend to crops and animals.

Up to 25,000 villagers have been evacuated from the slopes of a rumbling volcano on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island despite assurances by scientists today that the mountain was calming down.