Danger rising: Thick smoke rising during an eruption from Mount Merapi, Indonesia’s most active volcano, as seen from Tunggularum village in Sleman, while a trishaw rider (inset) rides through Magelang city covered in volcanic ash during the eruption. — AFP
Indonesia’s Merapi volcano erupted, spewing hot cloud up to 7km, the country’s disaster management agency said in a statement.
The volcano located in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta special region erupted around 12pm local time and a lava flow of 1.5km was observed, the local authority said yesterday.
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