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Indonesia's Merapi Volcano Spews Ash, Debris in New Eruption
Lava flows down from the crater of Mount Merapi, March 27.
Photographer: Agung Supriyanto/AFP/Getty Images
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Yogyakarta, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia’s most volatile volcano was erupting again Saturday, releasing plumes of ash high into the air and sending streams of lava and debris down its slopes. No casualties were reported.
An avalanche of rocks spilled down Mount Merapi's slopes before dawn and clouds of hot ash shot 200 meters (656 feet) into the air as the mountain groaned and rumbled, said Hanik Humaida, the head of Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center.