Indonesia raises alert for Merapi volcano, sets no-go zone
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May 23, 2018
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities raised the alert for the volatile Mount Merapi volcano on the densely populated island of Java and ordered people within 3 kilometers (2 miles) to evacuate.
Merapi has erupted four times since Monday, sending out a 3,500 meter (11,483 feet) column of volcanic material and dusting the surrounding region in ash.
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, the national disaster mitigation agency's spokesman, said some 660 people living within the exclusion zone have evacuated since early Tuesday.
Indonesia's geological agency raised Merapi's alert from normal to "beware...
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