Mount Merapi

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  Indonesia's Mount Merapi Volcano Erupts, Spews Avalanche Of Lava

  Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted on Tuesday, spewing lava more than two kilometres from the crater.

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  Indonesia Volcano Erupts, Blankets Villages In Ash

  Indonesia's most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted Monday, belching a cloud of ash into the air as red lava flowed down its crater.

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  Volcanic Eruption At Indonesia's Mount Merapi Sends Ash 6 KM High

  Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted twice on Sunday, sending clouds of grey ash 6,000 metres into the sky, the country's geological agency said.

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  Indonesia's Mount Merapi Volcano Spews Ash, Lava

  Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted Thursday as fiery red molten lava streamed down from the crater and it belched clouds of grey ash 2,000 metres (6,500 feet) into the sky.

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  Indonesia's Most Active Volcano Erupts

  Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, erupted on Friday and spewed a column of ash 6 km into the air. Situated at the borders of Yogyakarta and Central Java provinces, the volcano erupted at 8.20 a.m. with ash spreading to the west of the crater

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  Indonesia Evacuates Residents, Shuts Airport After Mount Merapi Volcano Erupts

  Indonesian authorities ordered people living near a volcano to leave their homes on Friday and a major city closed its airport after the 5,500 metre (18,000 ft) peak sent a column of steam and ash into the sky.

• Many flee Indonesia volcano amid fears of eruption

  Frightened residents fled a bustling city of 400,000 at the foot of Indonesia's rumbling volcano on Monday, cramming onto trains, buses and rented vehicles as authorities warned Mount Merapi could erupt again at any time.A mass burial late on Sunday for many of the 141 people killed in the last two weeks served as a reminder of the mountain's devas...

• Airlines stop Jakarta flights after volcano blast

  The tiny hospital at the foot of Mount Merapi struggled on Saturday to cope with its victims after the volcano unleashed its most powerful eruption in a century, as international airlines canceled flights into the Indonesian capital hundreds of miles away.The only sign of life in one man, whose eyes were milky gray in color and never blinked, was t...

• Death toll from Indonesian volcano crosses 100

  Blistering gas from Indonesia's most volatile volcano spewed farther than expected Friday, incinerating houses at the edge of the danger zone, triggering chaotic evacuations and pushing the death toll above the 100 mark.Soldiers joined overnight rescue operations in Bronggang, nine miles (15 kilometers) from the mouth of the crater, pulling corpses...

• Indonesian volcano Mount Merapi unleashes biggest blast yet

  Indonesia's military forced villagers off the slopes of the country's most volatile volcano Mount Merapi on Saturday, as the mountain sent clouds of gray ash cascading down its slopes in its most powerful explosion yet.The notoriously unpredictable volcano forced the temporarily closure of an airport and claimed another life, bringing the death tol...

• Volcano ash threatens ancient Indonesian temples

  Volcanic ash that has fallen like heavy rain onto a 9th-century temple complex is threatening one of Indonesia's most popular tourist attractions, officials said on Friday. Parts of the famed Borobudur temples have been closed to the public so workers can clean off the blanket of white ash from Mount Merapi, which began erupting on Tuesday. Antiqui...

• Indonesia warns volcano could erupt at any time

  Pressure building beneath a lava dome in the mouth of Indonesia's most volatile volcano could trigger one of its deadliest blasts in years, scientists warned Tuesday, as residents living along the slopes were moved to temporary camps.Meanwhile, a large earthquake in the country's west generated a small tsunami, officials and witnesses said, killing...