News Forum - Indonesian volcano Mount Merapi erupts again, causing ash rain and evacuations

[Thaiger]

Mount Merapi, an Indonesian volcano, erupted for the second time in a month, sending a 1,300-metre high plume of ash into the sky and covering nearby homes, vehicles, and evacuation tents in volcanic ash. This latest eruption occurred on Sunday, with no reported fatalities. Mount Merapi is among over 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, notorious … …

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[Ramanathan.P]

Hopefully the heavy rain in the south will contain all the ashes to Indonesian soil......

[BigHewer]

I was staying near Jogja when Merapi blew up around 15 years ago. At that time, the exclusion zone was 20km, so quite a lot bigger than this recent one (4.5km). Ash covered everything and most things were closed. 

Three days after the eruption, all the bule/farang had fled, except for me and the shirtless hippy playing guitar and camping in front of Circle K. 

Glad to hear there were no fatalities. Those pyroclastic flows from Merapi are truly lethal. 

[TedG]

1 hour ago, BigHewer said:

I was staying near Jogja when Merapi blew up around 15 years ago. At that time, the exclusion zone was 20km, so quite a lot bigger than this recent one (4.5km). Ash covered everything and most things were closed. 

Three days after the eruption, all the bule/farang had fled, except for me and the shirtless hippy playing guitar and camping in front of Circle K. 

Glad to hear there were no fatalities. Those pyroclastic flows from Merapi are truly lethal. 

That must be a site to see.