Indonesia's Mt Merapi erupts with bursts of lava, spews smoke and ash into air
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Indonesia's most active volcano, Mount Merapi, has erupted seven times since Sunday morning, spewing clouds of smoke and ash into the air.
Indonesia’s most volatile volcano erupted Sunday on the densely populated island of Java, spewing smoke and ash high into the air and sending streams of lava and gas down its slopes. No casualties were reported. Mount Merapi unleashed clouds of hot ash at least seven times since Sunday morning, as well as a series of fast-moving pyroclastic flows, a mixture of rock, debris, lava and gasses, said Hanik Humaida, who heads the city of Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center. The rumbling sound could be heard several kilometers (miles) away.More Related News