Indonesia’s Mount Merapi, one of many world’s most energetic volcanoes, erupted late Friday and continued to spew sizzling ash and different volcanic materials on Saturday.
Footage of flaming lava pouring out of the crater and a tall column of sizzling cloud rising 1,300 meters into the air was taken by the government-run Merapi Volcano Observatory on Friday night time.
The volcano continued to spew sizzling ash and sizzling lava was seen on Saturday.
“Residents should anticipate the disruption due to the volcanic ash from Mount Merapi eruption and please be on alert for the danger of volcanic mudflow, especially when it rains around Merapi,” the nation’s volcanology company mentioned in an announcement Saturday.
Merapi additionally erupted final week, sending volcanic materials 9,600 ft (3,000 meters) above the summit.
Volcanic ash rain blanketed at the very least eight villages close to the volcano after final week’s eruption.
Volcanologists mentioned final week the volcano is experiencing its most energetic part since 2021.
Merapi has been on the second-highest stage alert since 2020 following elevated volcanic exercise and authorities established a restricted zone of seven kilometers from the summit.
The volcano’s final main eruption in 2010 killed greater than 300 individuals and compelled the evacuation of some 280,000 residents.
It was Merapi’s strongest eruption since 1930 when about 1,300 individuals had been killed. An eruption in 1994 left about 60 individuals useless. —Agence France-Presse
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