Mount Merapi unleashes river of lava in new eruption


Restless: The latest eruption of Mount Merapi near Yogyakarta. — AFP

THE country’s most active volcano erupted with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 1,500m down its slopes.

It was the longest lava flow from Mount Merapi since authorities raised its danger level in Nov 2020, said head of Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Centre Hanik Humaida.

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