Mount Merapi Erupts Again Raising the Death Toll to Another 100

by Sony Sahota | November 5, 2010 at 01:47 pm

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The worst of Indonesia’s volcano was yet to come, has come true. Mount Merapi spewed ash and smoke further than expected Friday, incinerating homes and fields. The death toll has doubled now, with another 100 people killed.

With each new eruption, scientists and officials have steadily pushed the villagers who live along Merapi’s fertile slopes farther from the crater. But after initially predicting earlier eruptions, experts now say they don’t know what to expect.

Scientists can study patterns of volcanoes, but their eruptions are essentially unpredictable, as Merapi’s continuous and intense blasts have proved.