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Emergencies: Lava flows from Indonesia’s Merapi volcano

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Lava flows from Indonesia’s Merapi volcano

Mount Merapi spews lava. photo

© Angga Budhiyanto/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

There are nearly 130 active volcanoes throughout Indonesia. According to the authorities, Mount Merapi is one of five currently particularly active volcanoes in the Southeast Asian island state.

The Mount Merapi volcano on the Indonesian island of Java has become increasingly active again. The state center for volcanology warned of potential hazards from lava flows and ash in a report Thursday. According to the information, the Merapi is classified at activity level three out of four. Images showed lava escaping from the volcano. The authority called on the population to stay away from the danger zone several kilometers around the Feuerberg.

Mount Merapi is located about 35 kilometers north of the city of Yogyakarta in the center of Indonesia’s most populous main island, Java. It is considered Indonesia’s most active volcano and last erupted in spring 2023.

According to the authority, the mountain is one of five currently particularly active volcanoes in the Southeast Asian island state. There are nearly 130 active volcanoes throughout Indonesia. The country, spread over thousands of islands, lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire, the most geologically active zone on earth with a volcanic belt that frames the Pacific Ocean on three sides.

The more than 2900 meter high Merapi is a so-called stratovolcano. When an eruption occurs, a dangerous mix of dust, rock, lava and hot gas often rushes down the slopes. A severe eruption in 2010 killed more than 340 people and tens of thousands fled.