Mount Merapi Erupts

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A villager evacuates his cow as massive searing ash clouds shoot from the crater of Mount Merapi in Klaten district in Central Java province on November 6, 2010.​

 

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Massive searing ash clouds shoot from the crater of Mount Merapi in this photo taken from Klaten district in Central Java province on November 6, 2010.​

 

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Dead cows are seen in Cangkringan village off Indonesia's Central Java province, November 6, 2010.​

 

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Villagers evacuate livestock from Wukisari village, off Indonesia's Central Java province, November 6, 2010​

 

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A villager carries her child as she walks at Ketep village, as Mount Merapi volcano erupts, in Magelang, Indonesia's Central Java province November 6, 2010.

Lightning strikes as Mount Merapi volcano erupts spewing out towering clouds of hot gas and debris, as seen from Ketep village in Magelang, Indonesia's Central Java province November 6, 2010.​

 

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Lava and ash spews from erupting Mount Merapi seen from Deles in Klaten district in Central Java province before dawn on November 7, 2010. Airlines cancelled at least 36 flights to and from Jakarta on Saturday, affecting international carriers from Europe to Asia, because of ash from the Mount Merapi volcano, an airport spokesman said.​

 

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An elderly Indonesian villager carries a television set as he salvages belongings as Mount Merapi volcano continues spewing clouds of hot ash at the village of Umbulharjo in Sleman district on central Java on October 7, 2010.​

 

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Volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Merapi covers a village in Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010. Just days before President Barack Obama's long-awaited visit to Indonesia, international carriers canceled flights to the capital over concerns about the volcano spewing ash hundreds of miles away.​

 

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Volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Merapi covers a village in Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010​

 

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Rescue teams walk on the dry hot m&d to evacuate victims from the eruption of Mount Merapi volcano at the village of Ampringan in Cangkringan-Sleman, near Yogyakarta, on November 7, 2010.​

 

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Rescue teams walk on the dry hot m&d as they search for victims from the eruption of Mount Merapi volcano at the village of Ampringan in Cangkringan-Sleman, near Yogyakarta, on November 7, 2010. Mount Merapi, which is 430 kilometres (267 miles) from Jakarta on Central Java, first started erupting on October 26, has so far killed 128 people and started affecting flights to and from Jakarta on November 6 from the ash from the volcano.​

 

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Rescue teams walk on the dry hot m&d to search for victims from the eruption of Mount Merapi volcano at the village of Ampringan in Cangkringan-Sleman, near Yogyakarta, on November 7, 2010​

 

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Residents clean up their houses from volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Merapi in Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010.​

 

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A villager works on his farm covered with volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Merapi in Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010.​

 

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Volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Merapi covers statues at an art workshop in Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010.​

 

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Villagers ride their motorbikes past a fallen electricity pole after the eruption of Mount Merapi in Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010.​

 

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A man walks near a gas station damaged in the eruption of Mount Merapi in Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010.​

 

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Indonesian volunteers and police carry coffin at the grave for mass burial of the victims of Mount Merapi eruption at Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010.

Villagers gather at the grave of the victims of Mount Merapi eruption for a mass burial at Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010.​

 

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Mount Merapi spews ash to the sky as seen from Cangkringan in Sleman, Yogyakarta, on November 8, 2010​

 

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Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano spews smoke and ash, as seen from Jambon village in the Sleman district of Indonesia's central Java province November 8, 2010. Mount Merapi, on the outskirts of Yogyakarta, began spewing lava, superheated gas and deadly clouds of ash two week ago and has so far killed over 130 people and forced the evacuation of nearly 300,000.​