Indonesia鈥檚 Mt Merapi continues huge eruptions
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Indonesia鈥檚 Mt Merapi volcano on the densely populated island of Java erupted yesterday morning, sending a 6-kilometer-high ash cloud into the sky and forcing an airport closure in the nearby city of Solo, authorities said.
The volcano is one of Indonesia鈥檚 most active and a series of eruptions in 2010 killed more than 350 people.
The country鈥檚 Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation issued a red alert and said the ash cloud was moving north.
Local officials warned residents and tourists to keep out of a three-kilometer exclusion zone around the volcano.
鈥淥utside of a three-kilometer radius it鈥檚 still safe,鈥 said Biwara Yuswantana, head of the city of Yogyakarta鈥檚 disaster-mitigation agency.
The city is located about 30 kilometers from Mt Merapi.
The latest eruption, part of a series that began in 2018, lasted almost eight minutes and authorities warned of additional eruptions due to continuous magma movements.
The 2,930-meter volcano is a popular site for tourists and also renowned for its fertile soil.
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