Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupted

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupted. Here are the latest news and updated reports, One of 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia, Mount Merapi volcano erupted which has killed 38 people since it started erupting a week ago.

Lava from Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia began flowing down the Gendol River on 23 October, signalling the likelihood of an imminent eruption. Later reports on the 27 October revised the toll upward to 30 persons recorded at Yogyakarta’s Dr. Sardjito Hospital with 17 hospitalized, mostly with burns, respiratory problems and other injuries. The mountain, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) west of Jakarta, was formed after the Krakatoa eruption of 1883, the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history that, along with a tsunami, killed at least 36,417 people.As of 1 November, 2010, the death toll from Mount Merapi’s blasts had climbed to 38.