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Indonesia, Mount Merapi: President Susilo declares national disaster as thousands flee new eruptions

Indonesia Red Cross workers xpect more than 10,000 people displaced at Maguwoharjo stadium. Thousands have fled the violent eruptions overnight which snd hot ash flows cascading down the mountains. There are reports that villages on the slopes of the volcano are burning after being hit by hot lava rocks.

Volcano Merapi 5 November 2010

 

Photo credit: EU/ECHO/Mathias Eick

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Taken on November 5, 2010