Mount Merapi spews hot ash again

Mount Merapi volcano spews smoke as seen from Sidorejo village in Klaten, near the ancient city of Yogyakarta, November 1, 2010. The previous eruption of Mount Merapi in 2006 killed two people. A 1994 eruption claimed 60 lives. A major eruption in 1930 killed more than 1,000 people.


Mount Merapi in Indonesia' s Central Java province early Tuesday spewed cloud of hot ash again, but there is no reports of casualties and material losses.

The new blasts occurred at 5:25 am and 5:32 am but caused no panic among the residents living near the volcano, which has erupted dozens of time since October 26.

The hot ash spread toward southern direction by 3 kilometers, Metro TV reported.

The volcano's eruptions have killed 38 people and forced about 70,000 people take shelter, officials said on Monday.

With an altitude of 2,968 meters, mount Merapi is one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes.


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