Jakarta. Those in the vicinity of Mount Bromo remained on high alert on Wednesday as the East Java administration said it was preparing nearby residents for evacuation if needed.
Syaifullah Yusuf, the province’s deputy governor, said on Wednesday that his administration had prepared Rp 2.5 billion ($280,000) in emergency funding for disaster relief operations.
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Yogyakarta. Tens of thousands of villagers have already returned to their homes on the slopes of Mount Merapi after authorities reduced the danger zone around the volcano to up to five kilometers following a slowing of its activities.
Surono, head of the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Agency (PVMBG), said on Friday that the danger zone for Sleman, the hardest-hit district in the Merapi eruptions, had been reduced from 20 kilometers from the crater to between 10 and 15 kilometers.
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The Yogyakarta administration is preparing to build temporary bamboo homes for residents fleeing the eruptions on Mount Merapi.
The houses of many evacuees have been destroyed by pyroclastic flows.
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INDONESIA’S Mount Merapi volcano has killed 273 people since it began erupting late last month, with more than 300,000 people forced to live in makeshift camps.
“The Merapi death toll has reached 273 people. About 300,000 people are still living in temporary shelters,” a disaster management official said, updating the previous toll of 259.
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Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) — The death toll from recent eruptions of Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano climbed to 259 on Monday, government officials said.
The toll keeps rising as rescuers search for victims, the National Disaster Management Agency said.
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Hundred of Anyer villagers panicked after three big explosions were heard from Mount Anak Krakatau on early Sunday morning.
‘We are quite sure that the explosions came from Anak Krakatau. I heard those terrible sounds myself,” Cikoneng resident Mumut, said as quoted by Antara news agency.
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Indonesian authorities say activity at Mount Merapi in Central Java appears to be subsiding after almost three weeks of deadly eruptions.
Although they have maintained the highest level of alert, the scientists have gradually begun reducing the exclusion zone around the peak.
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MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia – Indonesia’s most volatile volcano unleashed another cloud of searing gas Saturday as rescuers pulled more bodies from a village smothered a week ago by eruptions, raising the death toll to 240.
The blast followed a similar one the day before. No new deaths have been reported from the latest flows, which were well within the zone that has been evacuated.
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MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian vulcanologist is warning that Mount Merapi (meh-RAH’-pee) could erupt again at any time. It’s been shooting clouds of gas and debris up to 3,000 feet. Ash and pyroclastic flows are pouring down its slopes.
Authorities say more bodies were found today, pushing the death toll from 138 to 141. About 100 people were killed Friday.
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Dozens of victims of Indonesia’s erupting Mount Merapi who were killed by heat clouds are to be buried in a mass grave in Yogyakarta an official said.
Indonesia’s most active volcano, also known as the Mountain of Fire, has been erupting since late last month and has so far killed a total of 120 people, including 77 on Friday.
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Video Report: Clouds of searing ash from Indonesia’s deadly volcano have torched homes and triggered a chaotic midnight evacuation. This is a video of an earlier report and contains some scenes viewers may find disturbing.
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Up to 98 people are feared dead after Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano sent searing clouds of ash down its slopes, setting several village houses ablaze.
Hospital workers said a three-year-old girl was among 11 people killed and more than 50 others were injured when the ash hit Bronggang, a village nine miles (15km) from the volcano’s crater.
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Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupted with renewed ferocity on Friday, killing another 54 people and blanketing the surrounding area with ash.
Ten days of eruptions have now killed nearly 100 people and forced the evacuation of more than 75,000.
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Jakarta. Indonesia’s Mount Merapi in central Java spewed more hot clouds of ash today, as volcanologist said such activity may last for about two months.
Today’s action didn’t qualify as an eruption, Subandriyo, an official at the country’s Volcanology and Geology Disaster Mitigation Center, said.
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Video Report: This is an amateur video taken of Anak Krakatau erupting on Monday. There is some comentary and some footage taken at night.
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Indonesia’s most dangerous volcano showed no sign of tiring Tuesday, belching clouds of black smoke as fiery lava lit up its cauldron. Scientists warned that the slow but deadly eruption could continue for weeks, like a “marathon, not a sprint.”
The activity was accompanied by rumbling at 21 other active volcanos in Indonesia, twice the number usually on the government’s “watch” list, which raised questions about what’s causing the uptick along some of the world’s most volatile fault lines.
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