Merapi spews volcanic ash

Merapi spews volcanic ash

SEMARANG, Central Java: Mount Merapi, at the border of Central
Java and Yogyakarta, spewed burning ash again on Monday but there
has been no reports of injuries, an official said.

Mas Atje Purbawinata, chief of the Yogyakarta-based agency
monitoring Merapi activities, said that the 600 Celsius degree
ash rained over an area 1,500 meters from the crater.

In its latest major eruption in November, mount Merapi killed
almost 60 people, injured several dozen others and displaced
more than 2,000 families.

Over the past few days, hundreds of families who lost their
homes in last year's eruption have moved to a resettlement area
built by the local government. (yud)