Mount Merapi erupted again early Thursday morning, causing volcanic material and ash rain to spew over several villages in its surrounding area.
Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, erupted early Thursday morning, spewing an ash column around 6,500 feet in the air. Disaster management authorities are warning tourists and locals to stay outside a nearly two-mile radius from the peak of the volcano.
The volcano which rises to 9,550 feet above sea level, is located at the border between Yogyakarta and Central Java . It erupted at 5:16 a.m. local time, which lasted for around 150 seconds, according to a statement by Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency . Volcanic material was reported to have spewed over a 0.62-mile radius, pouring ash rain over various villages around 6.2 miles south of the volcano, according to a statement by Hanik Humaida, the head of the Geological Disaster Technology Research and Development Center .Residents and visitors have been warned by the Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center to remain outside a 1.86-mile radius of the peak of Mount Merapi.
Potential dangers include the possible collapse of a lava dome, causing slides of pyroclastic rocks and other volcanic materials, as well as lava floods that could hit regions near the slope of the volcano during heavy downpours near the crater, volcano experts warned. "There has been an increase in Merapi's volcanic activity from mid-December 2019 to mid-January this year, both under and on the ground," Hanik said in the statement."Similar eruptions can still happen in the future as an indicator that the magma chamber is still supplying magma."Mount Merapi ... this morning and now is improving.
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