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Erupting Indonesian volcano kills dozensArgomulyo, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 5, 2010 Indonesia's most active volcano killed 64 people Friday in its biggest eruption in over a century, incinerating homes, grounding flights and driving thousands into shelters. Ash, deadly heat clouds and molten debris gushed from the mouth of Mount Merapi and shot high into the sky for most of the night and into the morning, triggering panic and chaos on the roads as people fled in the darkness. The latest deaths bring the overall toll to more than 100 since the volcano started erupting on Java is ... read more |
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