Indonesian volcano unleashes river of lava

STORY: Indonesia Volcano - Indonesian volcano unleashes river of lava

LENGTH: 01:30

FIRST RUN: 0756

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SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS/REGIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY OF SLEMAN DISTRICT

STORY NUMBER: 4308002

DATELINE: 26-27 January 2021 - Sleman

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sleman, Yogyakarta - 27 January 2021

1. Hot gas cloud billowing out from Merapi volcano

REGIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY OF SLEMAN DISTRICT

Sleman, Yogyakarta - 26 January 2021

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2. Gas clouds coming out of Merapi volcano, red lava also seen on the top of the volcano ++MUTE++

STORYLINE:

Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted Wednesday with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 1,500 meters (4,900 feet) down its slopes.

It was Mount Merapi’s biggest lava flow since authorities raised its danger level in November, said Hanik Humaida, the head of Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center.

Authorities in November had evacuated nearly 2,000 people living on the mountain in Magelang and Sleman districts on Java Island but most have since returned.

There has been no new evacuation.

The alert was being maintained at the second-highest level and authorities told people to stay out of the existing 5-kilometer (3-mile) danger zone around the crater as the local administrations in Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces closely monitor the situation.

The 2,968-meter (9,737-foot) volcano is on the densely populated island of Java and near the ancient city of Yogyakarta.

It is the most active of dozens of Indonesian volcanoes and has repeatedly erupted with lava and gas clouds recently.

Merapi's last major eruption in 2010 killed 347 people.

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