Death toll from Indonesian volcano rises to 153
Updated: 2010-11-09 16
(Agencies)
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MixxMOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia - The death toll in two weeks of eruptions from Indonesia's most volatile volcano has risen to 153.
Residents of the city at the base of Mount Merapi are fleeing, afraid that the volcano will erupt again. It is still spewing ash, though it has not had a major eruption since Friday.
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 A villager watches from Jambon village in the Sleman district of Indonesia's central Java province, as Mount Merapi spews smoke and ash, Nov 8, 2010. [Photo/Agencies] |
In that blast, whole villages were smothered and people were cut down by searing gases that raced down the mountain at highway speeds.
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Merapi has erupted many times in the last century, killing more than 1,400.
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