Mount Merapi Eruption in 2010

The 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi began in late October 2010 when Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta and Central Java (Indonesia) began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that continued into November. Seismic activity around the volcano increased from mid-September onwards, culminating in repeated outbursts lava and ashes. Large eruption columns formed, causing numerous pyroclastic flows…