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11,000 flee Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano

#1 Postby Janice » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:47 am

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesian officials evacuated 11,000 villagers from around Mount Merapi volcano, as lava and superheated clouds of gas poured repeatedly down its upper slopes, officials said Tuesday.

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#2 Postby Dr. Jonah Rainwater » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:22 pm

The gates of hell are opening?

Probably a coincidence. :)

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#3 Postby Stephanie » Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:20 pm

I feel sorry for those people. :(
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#4 Postby Janice » Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:22 pm

And the worse is probably not even here yet.....
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#5 Postby Yarrah » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:40 am

Looks like the new lavadome on top might be starting to collapse :(
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