INDONESIA - Red alert for Indonesia volcano

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Saturday, 13 May 2006,

05:51 GMT 06:51 UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red

alert for Indonesia volcano

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thousands living

under the volcano have been told to leave.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indonesian authorities have ordered the compulsory evacuation of

thousands of residents living on the slopes of the volcano Mount Merapi.

The alert level has been raised to the highest level, warning of

an imminent eruption of the volcano which has been rumbling ominously for

weeks.

The 3,000m (9,700ft) peak, in densely populated Central Java province, is

in a state of " constant lava flow " .

A gas cloud from the volcano's last eruption

in 1994 killed 60 people.

Subandrio, head of the Merapi section at the Centre for

Volcanological Research and Technology Development, said: " This morning

we raised the status of Merapi to the top alert which is the red code.

" Every resident has been ordered to evacuate. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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