Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano has erupted again, a deadly Indonesian volcano spewing lava and smoke for more than a week erupted yesterday with its biggest blast yet, shooting searing ash miles into the air as soldiers hastily evacuated villages and emergency shelters. An estimated 75,000 people have been evacuated from the 9,700-foot (3,000-metre) Mount Merapi's once-fertile slopes since it began erupting just over a week ago, killing 38 people and injuring dozens, most with severe burns.
The volcano, in central Java, spewed clouds of hot ash and gas some 5km (three miles) into the sky, The energy from the latest eruption was three times greater than that of the first one last week, There have been more than a dozen strong blasts in recent days including a smaller one
yesterday morning prompting some scientists earlier to say pressure building up behind a magma dome in the crater was slowly easing.
Djarot Nugroho, the head of Central Java's disaster management agency, said funding for the refugees would run out in five days unless a national disaster was declared. "Hundreds of people fled in panic from the refugee shelter in Glagaharjo, 10km from the peak."The refugees cried and screamed hysterically, and some fainted. Scientists are warning of further eruptions in the coming weeks. Indonesia is also dealing with the aftermath of another natural disaster, after a tsunami hit the Mentawai islands last week, claiming more than 400 lives and sending
thousands into emergency shelters.
yesterday morning prompting some scientists earlier to say pressure building up behind a magma dome in the crater was slowly easing.
Djarot Nugroho, the head of Central Java's disaster management agency, said funding for the refugees would run out in five days unless a national disaster was declared. "Hundreds of people fled in panic from the refugee shelter in Glagaharjo, 10km from the peak."The refugees cried and screamed hysterically, and some fainted. Scientists are warning of further eruptions in the coming weeks. Indonesia is also dealing with the aftermath of another natural disaster, after a tsunami hit the Mentawai islands last week, claiming more than 400 lives and sending
thousands into emergency shelters.
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