Mount Merapi, a stratovolcano on the
Indonesian island of Java is threatening eruption. The area around Merapi has a high population density. Hundreds of small villages surround the volcano and the province capital of Yogyakarta (home to over 1,000,000 people) is only 18 miles south of the volcano.
Merapi has erupted several times this century, sometimes with deadly impact.
Lahars and pyroclastic flows have devastated agricultural areas and caused fatalities on the western flank of the mountain. Scars from these lahars can be seen in the Landsat image below. The most deadly event was in 1930 and killed over 1000 people.
Image by geology.com using NASA Landsat dataRead more at
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