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Red Alert-Valcano in Indonesia

Indonesia is a part of the Asia-Pacific, "Ring of Fire," that has at least 129 active volcanoes. Thousands of people living on the slopes of Mount Merapi in Indonesia are taking safety because there are fears that the volcano is going to erupt.
This morning we raised the status of Merapi to the top alert which is the red code, every resident has been ordered to evacuate."" Subandrio, head of the Merapi section at the Centre for Volcanological Research and Technology Development said on Saturday. Mount Merapi is in a state of "constant lava flow"
Streams of lava have been flowing down the side of the mountain, and the last time that this valcano erupted, it killed 60 poeple.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4767805.stm

posted by Anonymous @ 5/13/2006 10:30:00 AM