Indonesian scientists say a volcanic eruption on the country's turbulent Mount Merapi is sending out renewed flows of lava and hot ash. Avalanches of lava rocks, ash and volcanic gasses burst from the mountain on the island of Java.
In this photo taken using slow camera shutter speed, hot lava runs down from the crater of Mount Merapi, in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, early Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. Indonesia's most volatile volcano on the densely populated island of Java was erupting again Monday with searing gas clouds and lava flowing fast down its slopes.
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — A volcanic eruption on Indonesia’s turbulent Mount Merapi churned and boiled Monday, sending renewed flows of lava and ash down its slopes for a second day. The 2,968-meter peak is near Yogyakarta, an ancient city of several hundred thousand people embedded in a large metro area on the island of Java. The city is a center of Javanese culture and a seat of royal dynasties going back centuries.
Hanik Humaida, the head of Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center, said the lava dome had been partially collapsing since Sunday, when the latest eruption began. The initial blast sent hot ash 1,000 meters into the atmosphere.Mount Merapi is the most volatile of more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, and Humaida said it’s one of the most active worldwide. She said it’s common for eruptions to last several days.
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