Lava gushes from Mount Merapi, probably the most energetic volcano in Indonesia.
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Indonesia’s Mount Merapi, one of many world’s most energetic volcanoes, erupted late Friday and continued to spew scorching ash and different volcanic materials on Saturday.
Footage of flaming lava pouring out of the crater and a tall column of scorching cloud rising 1 300m into the air was taken by the government-run Merapi Volcano Observatory on Friday night time.
The volcano continued to spew scorching ash and scorching lava was seen on Saturday.
“Residents ought to anticipate the disruption as a result of volcanic ash from Mount Merapi eruption and please be on alert for the hazard of volcanic mudflow, particularly when it rains round Merapi,” the nation’s volcanology company stated in a press release Saturday.
Merapi additionally erupted final week, sending volcanic materials 3 000m above the summit.
Volcanic ash rain blanketed at the least eight villages close to the volcano after final week’s eruption.
Volcanologists stated final week the volcano is experiencing its most energetic part since 2021.
Merapi has been on the second-highest degree alert since 2020 following elevated volcanic exercise and authorities established a restricted zone of seven kilometres from the summit.
The volcano’s final main eruption in 2010 killed greater than 300 folks and compelled the evacuation of some 280 000 residents.
It was Merapi’s strongest eruption since 1930 when about 1 300 folks had been killed. An eruption in 1994 left about 60 folks lifeless.
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