Mount Merapi back to normal

Mount Merapi back to normal

YOGYAKARTA: Mount Merapi has been reopened to mountaineers
following declarations from geologists that its volcanic
activities, since June 5, have returned to normal.

Mas Atje Purbawinata of the directorate of volcanology said
yesterday that the 2,968-meter-high mountain is now safe to climb
again, Antara reported.

"We recommend that climbers take the northern paths because,
due to rain, cold lava is still, periodically, sliding down the
southern slopes," he said.

Sixty six people were killed and dozens injured when the
volcano erupted in November last year. (anr)