Recently,
Mount Merapi erupted on Indonesia’s Java island. It was Indonesia’s most
volatile volcano which caused huge streams of lava and gasses running down the
slope. Whereas smoke and ashes were seen flying high into the air. The outbreak
of ash caused a fine blanket round the nearby villages and towns.

The volcano
was very active since it erupted atleast seven times on Sunday. It unleashed a
lot of hot ash as well as a series of fast-moving pyroclastic flows – a mixture
of rock, debris, lava and gasses – said Hanik Humaida, the head of  the city of Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and
Geological Hazard Mitigation Center.

The loud booms
and impulsive noises caused by the volcanoes were heard several kilometers away.
No casualties were reported.

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Humaida said
that in recent weeks, there has been significant increase in the volcanic
activity and its lava dome grew fast before collapsing partially on Sunday,
throwing  rocks and ash down on the
south-west side of the volcano.

Residents
living in the area were advised to stay 5 km away from the deadly volcano.
Indonesia’s Geology and Volcanology Research Agency also suggested the villagers
to know about the danger posed by lava.

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Being one of
the most active volcanoes of Indonesia it recurringly erupted with clouds of
lava, rocks and gas.

Merapi’s
last major eruption in 2010  caused the
death of about 350 people. The peak is 2.968m (9.737 ft) close to the old town
of Yogyakarta with a population of hundreds of thousands immersed in a big
subway. The town is also a centre of Javanese culture and a seat of
centuries-old royal dynasties.

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The country’s
geology agency said that the recent eruption has blasted 1.000 m (3.280 ft) of
hot ash into the sky and the scorching gas clouds have travelled up to 3
kilometres (1.8 milles) on their paths many times.

The
Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center did not raise Merapi’s
alert status, which already was at the second highest of four levels since it
began erupting last November.

Since it
stands along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” a horseshoe-shaped network
of seismic fault lines encircling the ocean, Indonesia, an island of 270
million people, is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity.