Too close for comfort: A woman hanging her laundry to dry as Mount Merapi spews volcanic ash from its crater in Agam, West Sumatra. — AP
THE country’s volcanology agency had warned since 2011 that it was unsafe to climb the country’s active Merapi volcano, the organisation’s chief said, days after the peak erupted and killed 13 climbers, with 10 still missing.The 2,891m-high volcano in West Sumatra erupted on Sunday, spewing grey clouds of ash as high as 3km into the sky.
Search operations for 10 missing climbers were under way, local authorities said, with about 200 local rescuers involved.
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