Watch: Volcano sends hot ash thousands of feet in air over Indonesian villages
This is just one of a series of recent eruptions for the Indonesian volcano. Authorities have kept the incredibly active Mount Merapi Volcano in a level 3 out of 4 threat risk since 2020.
Indonesia volcano sends hot ash almost 8,000 feet into the air
West Sumatra, Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupts again just a month after the last eruption that killed 11 climbers.
WEST SUMATRA, Indonesia – Hot ash rained down on villages southeast of Mount Merapi after several eruptions just in the last month.
A resident captured a massive volcanic ash cloud shooting 7,800 feet into the air for almost four minutes on Sunday afternoon, according to the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency. The photographer was upwind of the prevailing winds and escaped the falling hot ash. Officials have reported no fatalities so far.
There were four separate lava flows that traveled a little more than a mile down the slope, according to an Indonesian news agency.
The ash mixed with heavy rain and fog and soaked two villages with muddy, gritty rain. A camera from the Center for Research and Development of Geologic Disaster Technology was obscured by the fog, ash and rain.
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Mount Merapi is considered one of the country's most active volcanoes. The volcano erupts every two to five years.
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Mount Merapi is in the southern section of the left most island. The red represents volcanoes across Indonesia.
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Authorities have kept the threat level at three out of four since November 2020, according to local media. Everyone is advised to stay at least 4.3 miles from the crater.
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Image 1 of 3Mount Merapi volcano is spewing lava and smoke as seen from Tunggularum village in the Sleman district of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on December 25, 2023. (Garry Lotulung/NurPhoto)
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Image 2 of 3Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, spews lava during an eruption as seen from Dadap Ngori hamlet in Magelang on May 23, 2023. ( DEVI RAHMAN/AFP)
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Image 3 of 3In this picture taken on August 9, 2023, Mount Merapi spews lava onto its slopes during an effusive eruption as seen from Wonokerto village, Yogyakarta. (DEVI RAHMAN/AFP)
