Mount Merapi Erupts; At least 25 dead

[HurricaneBill]

Up To 25 Killed As Volcano Erupts

[Aquawind]

Some pretty ugly pictures. Living on a volcano has it's hazards alright..

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[HurricaneBill]

Deadliest volcanic eruption since Mount Nyiragongo in January 2002. That volcano is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It contains a lava lake. When Nyiragongo erupted, lava spilled over and down into the town of Goma, killing 245 people.

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(CNN) -- Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano stayed active Friday, erupting six times by late afternoon, and spewing hot ash clouds and lava.

Officials urged residents to be on high alert and stay away from the volcano.

On Friday morning, one eruption sent a massive plume above the mountaintop, extreme weather chaser James Reynolds said. Ash drifted to the south after the eruption about 10 a.m. local time, Reynolds said. The plume was about 1,500 meters (4,921 feet).

Residents started streaming down the mountain, heading for safer ground. Some were being evacuated after returning home following eruptions earlier in the week, observers from the Volcanology Agency near Merapi said.

Those living within a radius of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) of Merapi may have to be relocated, a police official in the major city of Yogyakarta said.

Chief Inspector Gen. Ondang Sutasna told local television that he toured the area and believes some places will be too dangerous to allow rebuilding.

No injuries or deaths were immediately reported Friday.

The volcano killed at least 36 people when it exploded earlier this week, medical officials said.

Rescue and recovery efforts continue to unfold, with the Indonesian government scrambling to help tens of thousands of residents displaced by the eruption.

The European Commission announced Friday that it was offering 1.5 million euro ($2.1 million) to help the victims of the volcano and this week's tsunami in Indonesia.

"This envelope will help around 65,000 people in Mentawai and at least 22,000 people in Yogyakarta/Central Java," the European Commission said in a news release.

"Humanitarian partners will use these funds to provide water and sanitation to victims; access to primary health care and disease control; food and nonfood items; emergency telecommunications, emergency shelter; psychological support; logistics and will mainstream disaster preparedness," the release said.

Mount Merapi, which looms on the horizon north of the Yogyakarta, is one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes and lies in one of the world's most densely populated areas. The volcano has a summit elevation of nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 meters).

Yes Typhoon Hunter reporting on Mount Merapi.

[Typhoon Hunter]

Hey guys!

Merapi went totally nuts just after midnight on 30th. I was staying in Selo village about 2.5km line of sight from the top when all hell broke loose as then volcano erupted violently. It was the most jaw droppingly insane sight I've ever witnessed with the ash blasting 1000s of meters above my head into the sky, lightning shooting out of the plume and the noise of giant roaring angry mountain!

I took a frame grab from my video when a lightning bolt illuminated the plume:


I'm heading off to Anak Krakatau now for a day and night out near the volcano since it's roared back to life!

[Aquawind]

It sounds crazy..Fix the pic please..Glad no more people were killed.

[Macrocane]

Mount Merapi kills 113 in Indonesia

The latest eruption of Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano, on Friday, killed at least 69 people and injured 77 others, hospital officials said.

Many of the injured were burned, said officials at Sardjito Hospital. Bodies recovered from a village about 16 kilometers (9.9 miles) from the volcano were badly burned, Commissioner Tjiptono of the Yogyakarta police told a local station, TV One.

Mount Merapi began its latest eruptions on October 26. Friday's victims bring the total to 113 killed.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/05/indonesia.volcano/index.html?hpt=T1

[HurricaneBill]

Death toll now up to 122.

Mount Merapi rumbles as more bodies found after eruptions

[HurricaneBill]

Death toll now up to 156.

Volcano eruptions continue in Indonesia

[HurricaneBill]

Death toll now at 240.

As rescuers find more bodies, wounded die from burns, toll from Indonesian volcano hits 240

If it goes any higher, it will be the deadliest eruption since Mt. Pintatubo in 1991. Pinatubo claimed 700 lives.