merapi volcano exploded !

[Hendri]

merapi volcano just exploded ! :rose: :stormy:

[smulyadi]

Hopes there is no more human disaster there... GBU

[Kaix]

merapi volcano just exploded ! :rose: :stormy:

OMG...:eek:any bro stay there???

[rahimi]

Is that true ????:sad_smile:

[Defro]

I think it's not exploded yet, just hot-cloud pressure.............:sad_smile:

[xXx]

**** another explode

[Kaix]

MOUNT MERAPI,:( Indonesia: Indonesia's Mount Merapi has roared back to life, sending the largest clouds of hot gas and ash down its slopes yet and sparking panic among residents already jittery from a deadly earthquake that hit last month.

Television footage showed stunning clouds spewing from the volcano's crater against a clear blue sky just after 9:00 am (0200 GMT). People rushed to evacuation points lower down the slopes, fearful they would be engulfed.

The vulcanology office in Yogyakarta, 30 kilometres (18) kilometres south of Merapi, said the clouds reached almost five kilometres down the southeastern slope but did not reach any inhabited areas.

The village nearest the peak to the southeast, Kinahrejo, lies about 6.5 kilometres down the slope.

"There was some panic, as people near Kaliadem saw the huge clouds, especially because it has been a long time since such clouds headed this way," Misman, a local official in Umbulharjo village, told AFP referring to another hamlet seven kilometres from the peak.

Metro TV showed residents, including weeping women carrying their infants, waiting for evacuation by trucks and cars provided by the district governments at designated spots in the danger zone.

The shots, taken by its cameraman with other reporters fleeing on board a speeding car, also showed several villagers running or riding motorcycles down the main road.

Ratdomo, a senior geologist at the office, said on ElShinta radio that the cloud was "not extraordinary. It has already happened several times.

"The only thing is that it happened in the morning when the sky was clear so that everyone could see it," he said.

"The gist is that since Merapi is still on red alert status, the production of such heatclouds is only normal."

The volcano on densely-populated Java island was put on its highest alert on May 13, meaning it was considered poised to erupt. Its activity has been erratic since then but escalated again this week.

In the first six hours of Thursday, Merapi sent 19 other clouds to the southwest and southeast, reaching up to four and a half kilometres.

The clouds, known technically as nuees ardentes but locally as "shaggy goats", consist of volcanic gases, ash and dust.

They can reach temperatures of up to 500 degrees Celsius (930 degrees Fahrenheit) and speeds of hundreds of kilometres per hour.

Thirty-three lava flows also spewed from the crater in the first six hours of Thursday, streaming two kilometres down Merapi's flanks, the office said.

Meanwhile officials said just over 18,000 people had left their homes on the higher slopes of the volcano by early Thursday.

District chief of Magelang in Central Java Singgih Sanyoto told ElShinta radio that some 11,500 people had been evacuated from Merapi's western flank.

The district disaster management centres in Klaten and in Sleman, Yogyakarta province, registered 3,507 and 3,084 evacuees each.

Many of the evacuees have moved voluntarily, already unnerved by an earthquake that rocked the region 11 days ago, killing some 5,800 people.

Experts fear that the mountain's growing lava dome could collapse, sending speeding clouds of searing gas down Merapi's slopes along with volcanic debris and lava.

One volcanologist warned Wednesday that a full moon due June 12 could hypothetically exert some influence on the dome if it reaches a critical condition by then.

The most significant torrents of volcanic gas prior to Thursday's were emitted on May 15, the last full moon, and reached about four kilometres down.

Merapi's deadliest eruption was in 1930 when 1,369 people were killed.

Heat clouds also killed 66 people when it last erupted in 1994.

[GrandePunto]

Does any our dearest bro staying there

[Principal]

Why so many mishaps happen in Indonesia nowadays.....???

[rahimi]

:lightning: :thinking: ?????

[solarcoaster]

Why so many mishaps happen in Indonesia nowadays.....???
the president "sha chi " too strong thats why so many casualty

[GrandePunto]

MOUNT MERAPI,:( Indonesia: Indonesia's Mount Merapi has roared back to life, sending the largest clouds of hot gas and ash down its slopes yet and sparking panic among residents already jittery from a deadly earthquake that hit last month.

Television footage showed stunning clouds spewing from the volcano's crater against a clear blue sky just after 9:00 am (0200 GMT). People rushed to evacuation points lower down the slopes, fearful they would be engulfed.

The vulcanology office in Yogyakarta, 30 kilometres (18) kilometres south of Merapi, said the clouds reached almost five kilometres down the southeastern slope but did not reach any inhabited areas.

The village nearest the peak to the southeast, Kinahrejo, lies about 6.5 kilometres down the slope.

"There was some panic, as people near Kaliadem saw the huge clouds, especially because it has been a long time since such clouds headed this way," Misman, a local official in Umbulharjo village, told AFP referring to another hamlet seven kilometres from the peak.

Metro TV showed residents, including weeping women carrying their infants, waiting for evacuation by trucks and cars provided by the district governments at designated spots in the danger zone.

The shots, taken by its cameraman with other reporters fleeing on board a speeding car, also showed several villagers running or riding motorcycles down the main road.

Ratdomo, a senior geologist at the office, said on ElShinta radio that the cloud was "not extraordinary. It has already happened several times.

"The only thing is that it happened in the morning when the sky was clear so that everyone could see it," he said.

"The gist is that since Merapi is still on red alert status, the production of such heatclouds is only normal."

The volcano on densely-populated Java island was put on its highest alert on May 13, meaning it was considered poised to erupt. Its activity has been erratic since then but escalated again this week.

In the first six hours of Thursday, Merapi sent 19 other clouds to the southwest and southeast, reaching up to four and a half kilometres.

The clouds, known technically as nuees ardentes but locally as "shaggy goats", consist of volcanic gases, ash and dust.

They can reach temperatures of up to 500 degrees Celsius (930 degrees Fahrenheit) and speeds of hundreds of kilometres per hour.

Thirty-three lava flows also spewed from the crater in the first six hours of Thursday, streaming two kilometres down Merapi's flanks, the office said.

Meanwhile officials said just over 18,000 people had left their homes on the higher slopes of the volcano by early Thursday.

District chief of Magelang in Central Java Singgih Sanyoto told ElShinta radio that some 11,500 people had been evacuated from Merapi's western flank.

The district disaster management centres in Klaten and in Sleman, Yogyakarta province, registered 3,507 and 3,084 evacuees each.

Many of the evacuees have moved voluntarily, already unnerved by an earthquake that rocked the region 11 days ago, killing some 5,800 people.

Experts fear that the mountain's growing lava dome could collapse, sending speeding clouds of searing gas down Merapi's slopes along with volcanic debris and lava.

One volcanologist warned Wednesday that a full moon due June 12 could hypothetically exert some influence on the dome if it reaches a critical condition by then.

The most significant torrents of volcanic gas prior to Thursday's were emitted on May 15, the last full moon, and reached about four kilometres down.

Merapi's deadliest eruption was in 1930 when 1,369 people were killed.

Heat clouds also killed 66 people when it last erupted in 1994.thanks for the info