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Indonesia's Merapi volcano ejects towering column of ash
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Mount Merapi spews volcanic materials from its crater as seen from Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia, Friday, May 11, 2018. Indonesia's most active volcano, Mount Merapi, has erupted, sending a column of volcanic materials as high as 5,500 meters (18,045 fe
Mount Merapi spews volcanic materials from its crater as seen from Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia, Friday, May 11, 2018. Indonesia's most active volcano, Mount Merapi, has erupted, sending a column of volcanic materials as high as 5,500 meters (18,045 fe

Indonesia's Mount Merapi has shot a towering plume of ash about 6 kilometres high in an eruption authority said lasted 2 minutes.

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said today the volcano's alert status, raised last month from the lowest level, is unchanged and a 3-kilometre no-go zone around the crater remains in force.

It said the eruption at 8.20 a.m. caused no panic and nearby Adi Sucipto Yogyakarta International Airport is still open to flights.

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The mountain is about 30 kilometres from the centre of Yogyakarta city on the densely populated island of Java.

About a quarter million people live within a 10-kilometre radius of the volcano. Merapi's last major eruption in 2010 killed 347 people.

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(Published 01 June 2018, 11:22 IST)