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Hundreds Evacuated as Indonesia’s Merapi Threatens to Erupt
Mount Merapi has been active and erupted regularly since 1548.
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Indonesian authorities evacuated hundreds of residents living near the country’s most active volcano after raising the alert level earlier this week.
More than 600 people in vulnerable groups such as the elderly, pregnant women and children, as well as those with disabilities, were evacuated on Saturday, the National Disaster Management Agency said in a statement.