Saturday, June 17, 2006
Villagers ignore warnings and return to homes around rumbling volcano
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(CBC News) from Indonesia.
Hundreds of farmers returned to the slopes of a rumbling Java volcano Friday as worries over their crops and livestock outweighed fear of an eruption.
Mount Merapi has been threatening to erupt for more than a month, as clouds of steam, grey ash and sometimes hot lava pour out of the volcano's caldera.
People living near the volcano on Java were put on red alert May 13 and then again this week after the volcano spewed out clouds of ash and steam in the largest eruption to date.
Officials say more than 18,000 people have left their homes, while 11,500 have been evacuated from homes on the mountain's western flank.
"The evacuation process has been smooth. We have distributed aid to them. No one has been spared," army spokesman Bambang...
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Posted by SilverJade Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(CBC News) from Indonesia.
Hundreds of farmers returned to the slopes of a rumbling Java volcano Friday as worries over their crops and livestock outweighed fear of an eruption.
Mount Merapi has been threatening to erupt for more than a month, as clouds of steam, grey ash and sometimes hot lava pour out of the volcano's caldera.
People living near the volcano on Java were put on red alert May 13 and then again this week after the volcano spewed out clouds of ash and steam in the largest eruption to date.
Officials say more than 18,000 people have left their homes, while 11,500 have been evacuated from homes on the mountain's western flank.
"The evacuation process has been smooth. We have distributed aid to them. No one has been spared," army spokesman Bambang...
Read More...
