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Indonesian volcano erupts again
Villagers, with their faces covered with volcanic ash, flee their homes on motorcycles following
another eruption of Mount Merapi in Klaten, Indonesia on Friday. A new eruption at Indonesia's volcano
has forced authorities to widen the "danger zone" to 20 km from the fiery crater.
A new eruption at Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano has forced authorities to widen the “danger zone” to 20 km from the fiery crater.
Yogyakarta. Mount Merapi has broken its own record after erupting nonstop for more than 24 hours, and geologists are now calling this episode the mountain’s worst since the 1870s.
After erupting and spewing heat clouds since Wednesday morning, the mountain unleashed its most extreme volcanic activity yet on Thursday, sending ash seven kilometers into the air.
There were no immediate reports of new casualties from the 11.30 pm (local time) explosion.
Thousands of villagers and refugees in emergency shelters were loaded into trucks and taken to stadiums in cities far from Mount Merapi.
Others, covered in soot, jumped onto motorcycles and into cars.
Subandrio, an official with the volcano’s monitoring agency, said authorities had decided to push back the so-called ‘safe zone’ to 20 km
Villagers, with their faces covered with volcanic ash, flee their homes on motorcycles following
another eruption of Mount Merapi in Klaten, Indonesia on Friday. A new eruption at Indonesia's volcano
has forced authorities to widen the "danger zone" to 20 km from the fiery crater.
A new eruption at Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano has forced authorities to widen the “danger zone” to 20 km from the fiery crater.
Yogyakarta. Mount Merapi has broken its own record after erupting nonstop for more than 24 hours, and geologists are now calling this episode the mountain’s worst since the 1870s.
After erupting and spewing heat clouds since Wednesday morning, the mountain unleashed its most extreme volcanic activity yet on Thursday, sending ash seven kilometers into the air.
There were no immediate reports of new casualties from the 11.30 pm (local time) explosion.
Thousands of villagers and refugees in emergency shelters were loaded into trucks and taken to stadiums in cities far from Mount Merapi.
Others, covered in soot, jumped onto motorcycles and into cars.
Subandrio, an official with the volcano’s monitoring agency, said authorities had decided to push back the so-called ‘safe zone’ to 20 km
