MOUNT MERAPI FURY

MOUNT Merapi’s billowing hot clouds seen from Turi, Sleman, Yogyakarta, March 11. Mount Merapi again spewed pyroclastic flow at 12:12pm Western Indonesia Time. The eruption resulted in high-intensity ash rain heading northwest and north, including towards Magelang. The Geological Disaster Technology Research and Development Center (BPPTKG) urged the public to evacuate if the pyroclastic flow covers more than 7 kilometers of area/ANTARA/Hendra Nurdiyansyah