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24 Jul 1998

Indonesia
Old lava from Indonesia volcano kills nine

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— Reuters - AlertNet
At least nine people were killed when they were swept away after a landslide near the town of Kediri in the Indonesian province of East Java, a local newspaper reported on Friday.

The Republika newspaper reported that torrential rains on Thursday dislodged solidified lava from the slopes of the nearby Mount Kelud volcano and washed it into a nearby river.

At least nine people who had been collecting stones and sand were killed by the flows.

At least one person is still missing, the newspaper said.

Kediri is about 120 km (75 miles) southwest

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21 Jul 1998

Indonesia
Villagers keep wary eye on Indonesian Volcano

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— Reuters - AlertNet
Villagers living on the slopes of Mount Merapi were keeping a wary eye on Indonesia's most active volcano on Tuesday after it spread fine choking dust over the area, causing breathing problems and damaging crops.

Residents who had fled an area hit by the ash at the weekend have returned to their homes, with the volcano's status remaining on the second level of alert for a possible eruption.

"We never ordered the refugees to leave, but the clouds of dust scared them.

The dust gave them throat burn and respiratory

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20 Jul 1998

Indonesia
Indonesia vulcanologist says dust makes 6,000 flee

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— Reuters - AlertNet
More than 6,000 people had fled villages on the slopes of Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano in Central Java but the level of alert had not been increased, vulcanologists said on Monday.

Ratdomopurbo, a senior vulcanologist with the directorate of vulcanology in Yogyakarta, confirmed newspaper reports that local village authorities evacuated more than 6,000 people after the country's most active volcano emitted clouds of hot gas at the weekend. It was the first evacuation since volcanic activity increased this month.

"We did not order them evacuated,"

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15 Jul 1998

Indonesia
Indonesia - Volcanic eruption OCHA Situation Report No. 1

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref. OCHA/GVA - 98/0241
SITUATION

1. Indonesia's most active volcano, Mount Merapi, erupted early Saturday, 11 July 1998, spewing a heat and gas cloud over an area of seven kilometres, news agencies reported.

2. Mount Merapi is one of the 127 active volcanoes in Indonesia and is located about 30 km north of Yogyakarta. In one of its largest recorded eruptions in 1994, heat clouds killed more than 60 people and forced more than 6,000 to flee to safer ground.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

3. On 9 July 1998,

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