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Indonesia's Fire Mountain is still erupting!
Last updated on: November 10, 2010 14:44 IST
Photographs: Beawiharta/Reuters
Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano has killed 191 people since it began erupting late last month, with more than 340,000 people in makeshift camp
Media sources say that the volcano is still dangerous as eruptions and gas clouds continue to force people to abandon their houses with fear of another big eruption. The end is not yet in sight
Latest reports state that 279,000 people are displaced. The total population affected is 4 million. The danger zone has been extended to 20 km around Merapi's crater.
Image: Lightning strikes as Mount Merapi volcano erupts spewing out towering clouds of hot gas and debris, as seen from Ketep village in Magelang, Indonesia's Central Java province
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Photographs: Dwi Oblo/Reuters
A house kitchen is covered by ash in Cangkringan village off the Indonesia's Central Java province
Photographs: Dwi Oblo/Reuters
A villager looks at Mount Merapi spewing smoke and ash, at Ketep in Magelang, Indonesia's central Java province
Photographs: Sigit Pamungkas/Reuters
A search and rescue team looks for victims at Wukirsari village in Sleman district in the Indonesian Central Java province
Photographs: Beawiharta/Reuters
A villager stands outside a temporary shelter at Maguwoharjo stadium in Yogyakarta
Photographs: Beawiharta/Reuters
A man rides his motorcycle during ash rain in the city of Magelang as Mount Merapi volcano erupts
Photographs: Beawiharta/Reuters
Villagers watch as Mount Merapi volcano erupts, from Wukirsari village in Sleman, near the ancient city of Yogyakarta
Photographs: Beawiharta/Reuters
A red cross volunteer holds an elderly woman as she arrives at a temporary shelter at Maguwoharjo Stadium In Yogyakarta
Photographs: Beawiharta/Reuters
Mount Merapi volcano spews smoke as seen from Sidorejo village in Klaten, near the ancient city of Yogyakarta
Photographs: Dwi Oblo/Reuters
Vehicles travel on an ash-covered street after the eruption of Mount Merapi volcano, in the ancient city of Yogyakarta
Photographs: Beawiharta/Reuters
Villagers use umbrellas to protect themselves from ash at a temporary shelter at Ketep village in Magelang, Indonesia's Central Java province
Photographs: Reuters
Soldiers carry a body from Argomulyo village in Indonesia's Sleman district of Central Java province
Photographs: Crack Palinggi/Reuters
Passengers with a Malaysian airline crowd the waiting room after their flight was cancelled at Sukarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta
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