Huge volcanic blast spurs more Indonesians to flee

Huge volcanic blast spurs more Indonesians to flee

news.yahoo.com

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia – Indonesia's deadly Mount Merapi erupted Wednesday with its biggest volcanic explosion yet, forcing hasty evacuations of more villagers and the panicked refugees who already fled the initial blast a week ago.

The eruption lasted more than an hour and shot searing ashes miles into the sky. Panicked people in Umbulhardjo refugee camp screamed and children cried when they saw the volcanic materials hurled into the sky and down the mountain's slopes.

"This is an extraordinary eruption, triple from the first eruption" on Oct. 26, government volcanologist Surono

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i did a search and found nothing about this, this is only on yahoo news 8 min when i posting this so seems new.

"triple times bigger than the first explosion on the 26th oct"

there is a LOT of volcanic activity going on lately!! hope this doesnt doo that much damage!

will do more searches threw the news sites and see what they report...

news.yahoo.com
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I just put this in one of the existing Merapi threads www.abovetopsecret.com... but thought someone would appreciate it here too.