Indonesia's Mt Merapi unleashes river of lava in new eruption

People look up at Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, as it spews rocks and ash out for another day in Yogyakarta on Jan 27, 2021.- AFP

YOGYAKARTA (AP): Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted Wednesday (Jan27) with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 1,500 meters (4,900 feet) down its slopes.

It was the Mount Merapi’s longest lava flow since authorities raised the volatile volcano's danger level in November, said Hanik Humaida, the head of Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center.