Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, erupted Wednesday 27 January 2021, emitting a river of lava onto the mountain below and gas clouds into the sky.
The eruption set off the volcano's longest lava flow since the danger level for Merapi was raised in November, Hanik Humaida, the head of Yogyakarta's Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center, told The Associated Press. Sounds of the eruption could reportedly be heard almost 18 miles away.
The 9,737-foot Mount Merapi volcano sits on the densely populated island of Java and near the ancient city of Yogyakarta.
In November, local authorities evacuated nearly 2,000 people who lived in the Java mountain districts of Magelang and Sleman after Merapi erupted. Earlier this month, authorities evacuated more than 500 people in Magelang after the volcano spewed hot clouds of ash.
Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted in last year twice on Sunday 21 June 2020.
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