Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts in Cangkringan Wednesday, May 17, 2006 as seen from Yogyakarta, the capital of Central Java province, Indonesia. The highest-status alert remained Wednesday for the 3,000-meter (9,800-foot) mountain at the heart of Java island, and scientists cautioned that a lull in activity did not mean the danger was over. Photo Credit: AP-Ed Wray
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Indonesia's Mount Merapi Erupts Violently
By CHRIS BRUMMITT, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 18 minutes ago
MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia - Mount Merapi shot a large cloud of searing hot ash and gas into the sky Wednesday, ending two days of relative calm and underscoring the dangers still facing thousands of people living on the volcano's slopes.
Witnesses said the eruption appeared to be smaller than the mountain's most violent sputterings Monday, when ash and gas clouds surged around 2 1/2 miles from the peak and triggered panic.
Vulcanologists keeping the mountain on 24-hour watch were not immediately available for comment on the eruption just after 5 p.m. (6 a.m. EDT), which sent volcanic material plunging down its western flanks, but appeared to fell well short of populated areas.
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