The most active of 120 volcanoes in Indonesia, Mount Merapi has erupted on the densely populated island of Java sending streams of lava down.
Hanik Humaida, who heads the city of Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center says the mountain unleashed unleashed clouds of hot ash at least seven times on Sunday (08 Aug) as well as a series of fast-moving pyroclastic flows – a mixture of rock, debris, lava and gasses
Ash from the eruption blanketed several villages and nearby towns, she noted.
The Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center did not raise Merapi’s alert status, which already was at the second highest of four levels since it began erupting last November.
Source: AP
