YOGYAKARTA: Indonesia's most volatile volcano has spewed smoke and ash in the latest of several eruptions in less than two weeks.
Disaster mitigation agency spokesman
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said
Mount Merapi on the main island of
Java erupted twice early Monday. A column of volcanic material rose up to 1,200 meters into the air and ash fell in several villages.
The alert level of the volcano was not raised.
An eruption of Merapi on May 11 sent nearby residents fleeing to safer areas.
The 2,968-meter mountain is the most active of 500
Indonesian volcanoes. Its last major eruption in 2010 killed 347 people.
Mount Merapi spews volcanic materials from its crater as seen from Klaten, Central Java