Mount Merapi, the most turbulent volcano in Indonesia, erupted again today (Saturday), sending clouds of ash into the air and throwing lava and volcanic debris down its slopes, without any reports of deaths or injuries. American Hanik Hamida, head of the Volcanology and Geological Risk Reduction Center in Yogyakarta, said: The volcano blew a column of hot ash up to 200 meters in the air.
Hamida added that since this morning, the volcano has released hot clouds of ash at least 8 times, in addition to the so-called crumbling volcanic flow, which is a fast-moving mixture of extremely hot rock fragments, gas and ash, which reached about 2 kilometers down its slopes.
The center issued a warning to villagers who live on the slopes of Merapi to stay 5 km from the crater and be careful of the dangers of the lava it released.
The volcano, which has a height of 2,968 meters, is located on the densely populated island of Java and near the ancient city of Yogyakarta. The volcano is the most active of the dozens in Indonesia, which has erupted recently.
It is noteworthy that the last eruption of the Mount Merapi volcano killed 347 people in 2010. Indonesia is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, which includes about 128 active volcanoes and is known as seismic disturbances.
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