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Indonesias Mount Merapi erupted on Sunday, spreading searing gas clouds and avalanches of lava down its slopes as other active volcanoes flared up across the country, forcing the evacuation of thousands...
On the densely populated island of Java, Merapi unleashed clouds of hot ash and a mixture of rock, and lava that travelled up to 2 km down its slopes, said Agus Budi Santoso, the head of Indonesias Geological Disaster Technology Research and Development Centre...
Several other active volcanoes also blew up this weekend, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands of residents, said Indonesias Centre for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation in a statement released on social media platform X, formerly Twitter..
The agency said Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki in East Nusa Tenggara province spewed hot clouds as high as 700 metres (2,300 feet) into the air on Sunday, as more than 6,500 people fled to shelters...
Mount Semeru in East Java province released searing gas clouds and rivers of lava on Saturday, as did Mount Ibu on Halmahera island in North Maluku province which shot a column of hot ashes as high as 1,300 metre into the air...
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