Mount Merapi active again

Mount Merapi active again

YOGYAKARTA: Officials in charge of monitoring the activity of Mount Merapi said yesterday that the volcano spewed ashes for the first time in several months on Monday.

They also observed the mountain gushing burning lava 23 times on Monday but recorded no tremors, which is a common sign of imminent eruption.

The volcano erupted in November last year, when it killed almost 60 people and displaced thousands of villagers residing at at the foot of the mountain. (har/imn)