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Indonesian Volcano Could Erupt Any Day - Mount Merapi
AP on Yahoo ^ | 4/27/06 | AP - Jakarta

Posted on 04/27/2006 6:46:32 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's rumbling Mount Merapi is spewing volcanic ash, magma has fully covered its crater, and a powerful eruption could come any day, a scientist said Thursday.

Authorities said, however, they were not ready to raise the alert to the highest level, which requires immediate evacuation of villagers living on the slopes of the 9,700-foot peak.

The mountain, one of the most active in Indonesia, is still in phase two, they said.

"It's close to eruption," said Dewi Sri, a vulcanologist at a monitoring post near Merapi's peak.

"The crater is fully covered by magma," she said, predicting "an enormous and dreadful eruption" within days.

Indonesia's official Antara news agency, meanwhile, reported that volcanic debris has begun pouring into Ngargomulyo village in the nearby Central Java district of Magelang.

Local officials contacted by The Associated Press were still trying to confirm the reports.

Merapi is one of at least 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is part of the Pacific "Ring of Fire" — a series of fault lines stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia.

It last erupted in 1994, sending out a searing cloud of gas that burned 60 people to death. About 1,300 people were killed when it erupted in 1930.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: erupt; indonesian; merapi; mount; volcano
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Mount Merapi is seen spewing smoke from its crater in this photo taken from Bebeng village in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 27, 2006. Hundreds of people have evacuated from areas closest to the volcano, following days of pressure from officials who warned the volcano could erupt within the next two weeks. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)


1 posted on 04/27/2006 6:46:35 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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A motorist rides past Mount Merapi, background, in Kaliurang near Yogyakarta, central Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 25, 2006. Hundreds of people have been evacuated from areas closest to Merapi, following days of pressure from officials who warned the rumbling volcano could erupt anytime. (AP Photo/Purwowiyoto)


2 posted on 04/27/2006 6:48:08 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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A view of Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano as seen from
Dukun village in Central Java April 27, 2006. There is no
immediate need to raise the alert status for Indonesia's volatile
Mount Merapi, despite magma moving higher inside the volcano,
a leading vulcanologist said on Thursday. REUTER/Dwi oblo
3 posted on 04/27/2006 6:50:26 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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The crater is fully covered by magma

isn't magma inside a volcano? If there is lava in the crater wouldn't the volcano be currently erupting?

4 posted on 04/27/2006 6:51:42 PM PDT by Fraxinus
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To: NormsRevenge

This could be the end of manbearpig.


5 posted on 04/27/2006 6:52:04 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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Lets see... earthquake, tsunami, volcano, anyone want to venture a guess at which form of pestilence will be next?


6 posted on 04/27/2006 6:53:55 PM PDT by Walkingfeather (u)
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To: Dog Gone
Yes Indeed, Cereal ..!!!
7 posted on 04/27/2006 6:53:59 PM PDT by cmsgop ( I love Scotch. .......Scotchy, Scotch, Scotch)
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To: Walkingfeather
which form of pestilence will be next?

Shih-Tzu Domination !!!!!
8 posted on 04/27/2006 6:55:09 PM PDT by cmsgop ( I love Scotch. .......Scotchy, Scotch, Scotch)
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To: Dog Gone

This could be the end of human civilization. I suggest that everybody balance their checkbooks, get their bills paid and put on some clean underwear. It's been a pretty good life for most of us but all good things must come to an end.


9 posted on 04/27/2006 6:56:47 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I think Randy Travis must be paying his bills on home computer by now)
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It definitely is cereal.

(If you didn't watch South Park last night, and Al Gore's attempt to be taken cereally about the global threat of manbearpig, none of this will make much sense)

10 posted on 04/27/2006 7:00:06 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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"Lets see... earthquake, tsunami, volcano, anyone want to venture a guess at which form of pestilence will be next?"

It's not time yet, Hillary still hasn't declared herself a candidate.


11 posted on 04/27/2006 7:03:13 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Never bring a knife to a gun fight, or a Democrat to do serious work...)
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To: NormsRevenge

Bush's fault.

(am I first?)


12 posted on 04/27/2006 7:06:25 PM PDT by babble-on
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To: Dog Gone

He just talks about manbearpig because no one pays him any attention.


13 posted on 04/27/2006 7:07:42 PM PDT by babble-on
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And he has no friends.


14 posted on 04/27/2006 7:09:37 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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"This could be the end of manbearpig."

Maybe we could send Al to search the crater.


15 posted on 04/27/2006 7:09:43 PM PDT by dljordan
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Well, Rove is actually causing it by testing out the improved Earthquake Machine Mark-II with Volcano Initiator but of course that is because Bush ordered him to in order to help Haliburton.


16 posted on 04/27/2006 7:12:28 PM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Real Leaders Base Their Decisions on Their Convictions. Wannabes Base Decisions on the Latest Poll.)
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To: Dog Gone

Could be very series.


17 posted on 04/27/2006 7:14:23 PM PDT by black_diamond
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To: NormsRevenge
What is it about an active volcano in the process of erupting that attracts locals living in it's shadow to imbecilely and lemming like stay to watch it as if they were attending a forth of July firework display? Run You Idiots!
18 posted on 04/27/2006 7:25:03 PM PDT by Desron13 (If you constantly vote between the lesser of two evils then evil is your ultimate destination.)
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What is it about (a imminent geologic catastrophe) in the process of (occurring) that attracts locals... Like the crowds that come to the beach to watch the Tsunami.

RUN YOU IDIOTS!! LOL

19 posted on 04/27/2006 8:05:01 PM PDT by muleskinner
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To: NormsRevenge
"It's close to eruption, the crater is fully covered by magma," she said, predicting "an enormous and dreadful eruption" within days.

Authorities, however, were not ready to raise the alert to the highest level, which requires immediate evacuation of villagers living on the slopes of the 9,700-foot peak.

WTF?

20 posted on 04/27/2006 8:12:07 PM PDT by muleskinner
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