LIVING WITH MOUNT MERAPI, INDONESIA

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LIVING WITH MOUNT MERAPI, INDONESIA

• APRIL- MAY 2006

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MOUNT MERAPI

• ANOTHER INDONESIAN VOLCANO, KRAKATOA, ERUPTED IN
  1883, SENDING ASH, DUST, AND PARTICLES AROUND THE
  WORLD.

• MOUNT MERAPI, 2914 M (9640 FT) HIGH, IS KNOWN AS
  FIRE MOUNTAIN,
• ITS LAST ERUPTION WAS IN 1994.
• IN THE 1994 ERUPTION, A HOT GAS CLOUD KILLED 60
  PEOPLE.

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MOUNT MERAPI
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MOUNT MERAPI

• INDONESIA IS A LAND OF 220 MILLION PEOPLE AND 129
  ACTIVE VOLCANOES.
• INDONESIA IS KNOWN AS THE LAND OF FIRE.
• MOUNT MERAPI IS LOCATED IN THE MOST DENSLY
  POPULATED PART OF INDONESIA

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TOURISTS OBSERVING MOUNT MERAPI ON APRIL 20, 2006
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MOUNT MERAPI SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE ON APRIL 22,
2006
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SOME EVACUATE BY FLEEING TO THE FOOTHILLS
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MOUNT MERAPI VENTS ON MAY 5, 2006
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FARMER WORKS WHILE MOUNT MERAPI VENTS ON MAY 6,
2006
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MOUNT MERAPI SHOWS SIGNS OF ERUPTING ON MAY 7,
2006
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INITIAL GROUP OF EVACUEES RETURN HOME ON MAY 7
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ADDITIONAL EVACUEES WAITING TO RETURN, MAY 9
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PART OF LARGE EVACUATION ON MAY 11
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MOUNT MERAPI

• THE GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA ISSUED THE HIGHEST
  ALERT FOR MERAPI ON SATURDAY, MAY 13.
• SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, MOSQUES, AND MILITARY
  COLLABORATED IN HELPING AN ESTIMATE4D 30,000
  PEOPLE EVACUATE.

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MOUNT MERAPI THREAT INCREASES ON MAY 14, 2006
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MOUNT MERAPI ON MAY 15, 2006
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MOUNT MERAPI EMITS LARGE CLOUD OF HOT GASES, MAY
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MAY 15 ERUPTION OF MOUNT MERAPI

• VULCANOLOGISTS BELIEVED THAT THE ERUPTION ON
  MONDAY, MAY 15, WHICH BLEW OUT A 2 ½ MILES WIDE
  CLOUD OF DEADLY GAS, ASH, AND ROCK,, WAS THE
  MAJOR ERUPTION THAT EVERYONE WAS EXPECTING.

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PRESIDENT YUDHOYNO AND FIRST LADY ON MAY 16
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ON MAY 17, MOUNT MERAPI SHOWED IT WAS NOT THROUGH

• AFTER TWO DAYS OF QUIESENCE, ANOTHER ERUPTION.
• IT WAS ANOTHER OF THOSE GAS CLOUDS LIKE THE ONE
  IN 1994.
• IT WAS MOVING AT 100 TO 160 KM/HR (60 TO 100
  MI/HR).
• THE GAS CLOUD WAS DEADLY, BECAUSE IT WAS SUPER
  HEATED TO AROUND 950 DEGREES F.

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MOUNT MERAPI ERUPTS ON MAY 17
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MOUNT MERAPI ERUPTS ON MAY 17
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WORKING IN VOLCANIC ASH FROM MOUNT MERAPI, MAY 17
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A LAVA DOME IS GROWING ON MOUNT MERAPI
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NEW CONCERN AT MOUNT MERAPI

• DURING MAY, MOUNT MERAPI, WHICH IS CALLED FIRE
  MOUNTAIN, BUILT UP A LAVA DOME OF MORE THAN 90 M
  (300 FT) ON TOP OF A 2914 M (9,640 FT) SUMMIT.
• AT PRESENT, THE FEAR IS THAT THE LAVA DOME WILL
  EXPLODE AND SEND RIVERS OF LAVA DOWN THE SOUTH
  SLOPE OF MERAPI.
• FIFTEEN VILLAGES ARE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SLOPE.