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YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano spewed avalanches of hot clouds Thursday morning as hundreds more residents were evacuated from its

Authorities evacuated more than 500 people living on the mountain in Magelang district on Java Island due to the dangers of Indonesia's most active volcano.

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia —  Indonesia’s Mt. Merapi volcano spewed giant plumes of hot clouds Thursday as hundreds more residents were evacuated from its fertile slopes. Authorities evacuated more than 500 people living on the mountain in Magelang district on Java Island. Thousands of people already have had to leave their homes and farmland because of the dangers on Merapi, Indonesia’s most active volcano. Light eruptions continued during the day, one of which sent a column of hot cloud 20...

© Travel News Twitter Merapi volcanoAt least 500 people were removed from the island of Java, Indonesia, today after the erupting Merapi volcano began to expel thick clouds of smoke, the Indonesian Geology Agency said. The authorities evacuated an area of five kilometres around the volcano. "So far the potential danger does not exceed five kilometres," said Hanik Humaira, director of the Indonesian Geology Agency, in a statement. Activity at the Merapi, 400 kilometres southwest of Jakarta, be...

The supernatural understanding of volcanic eruptions Indonesian villagers believe eruptions happen when mountain spirits are angry with the exploitative behavior of humankind The Ile Lewotolok volcano in Indonesias East Nusa Tenggara province erupts on Nov. 29. The eruption forced more than 7,000 people in 15 villages to evacuate. (Photo: BNPB Indonesia) On Nov. 29, 2020, Mount Lewotolok, locally known as Ile Lewotolok or Ile Ape, erupted on the Indonesian island of Lembata. Formerly k...

Indonesian volcano erupts, forcing residents to flee Top News Reuters Staff JAKARTA (Reuters) - A volcano in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province erupted on Sunday, spewing ash and smoke as high as four kilometers into the sky and forcing more than 2,700 residents to seek refuge, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said. An eruption of Mount Ile Lewotolok is seen in Lembata, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia November 29, 2020, in this still image obtaine...

December 16, 2020 MAGELANG, Indonesia  Dozens of stupas circling the Borobudur Temple, a 9th-century Buddhist temple, in the Indonesian Magelang city of the Central Java province, were covered in gray tarpaulins, to protect them from the raging Merapi volcano’s ashes. “If volcanic ashes get in, it will be difficult for us to clean it since we have to dismantle the stupas,” Associate Cultural Officer of Borobudur Conservation Center Yudi Suhartono told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday. Preventin...

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 15:49 UTC Seasonal Deyr rains, which hit Somalia between October and December, acutely impact the lives of roughly 73,000 people November saw a host of global environmental disasters, including floods in Mexico and typhoon gales in the Philippines, as well as forest fires in Algeria and storms in Central America and Somalia. Here is a timeline compiled by Anadolu Agency. Nov. 2: - At least 17 people die and tens of thousands of others evacuated to safer areas due to the ongoin...

Environmental Disasters Across Globe In November 2020 Seasonal Deyr rains, which hit Somalia between October and December, acutely impact the lives of roughly 73,000 people. November saw a host of global environmental disasters, including floods in Mexico and typhoon gales in the Philippines, as well as forest fires in Algeria and storms in Central America and Somalia. Here is a timeline compiled by Anadolu Agency. Nov. 2: At least 17...

Amid strained resources in coping with COVID-19, thousands of people are in danger of volcano eruptions. Java’s tallest mountain, Mount Semeru, erupted in early December. Others on high alert include Mt. Merapi in Central Java and Mt. Sinabung in North Sumatra. Ageng S. Herianto, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s assistant representative (program), who was responsible for the FAO recovery program for communities around Sinabun...