Posted on 03/27/2021 7:09:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Indonesian officials are monitoring the country's most active volcano after it erupted again Saturday morning, launching hot ash clouds high into the air, and sending lava spewing down the side of the mountain.
Ash plumes shot more than 600 feet into the air as volcanic debris spilled down the slopes of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta on the densely populated Indonesian island of Java, about 250 miles east of Jakarta.
The volcano erupted hot clouds of ash at least eight times, and sent several pyroclastic flows down its slopes, according to the Indonesia's Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation. No injuries were reported, but local officials are cautioning of more activity to come. The volcano has erupted regularly for hundreds of years.
Mining companies have been advised to temporarily suspend work in the river that originates at Mount Merapi, and tourism companies have been asked to temporarily stay away from "areas of potential danger and crater openings" up to 3 miles away.
"Always be aware of the dangers of lava, especially when it rains around Mount Merapi," Jati said.
The last major eruption of Mount Merapi, in 2010, killed over 300 people.
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I’m rather surprised Kamchata is not boiling
kamchatka
Boiling? You want the basalt to be so hot as to turn to gas?
Kamchatka Peninsula, in very far east Siberia? Klyuchevskaya Sopka erupted earlier this month FWICS.
Kamchatka volcanism kick off plankton growth in the North Pacific that supports salmons’ life cycle.
Bring it!
Thats the place
A major volcano in the Philippines is also active now, with constant below the surface seismic rumblings the past couple weeks.
They were doing that in Iceland too.
yup.
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