In Indonesia, Mount Merapi continues to spew lava and smoke for a week now. However, on Wednesday the volcano had it biggest blast yet shooting ash miles into the air causing more and more people to be evacuated. The article described scenes from the lava flowing and debris of rocks and other material falling from the sky causing abandoned home to start fire and burning carcases of cattle along the hillsides.
There has not yet been an immediate casualty count after the blast lasting over an hour. Over 70,000 villagers have been evacuated from the Mount Merapi region. There have been 38 reported deaths and dozens of people with severe injuries, most of which are burns. According to the article, "Djarot Nugroho, the head of Central Java's disaster management agency, said funding for the refugees would run out in five days unless a national disaster was declared." Certaintly the people of Indonesia are going to need some outside help to survive this hazardous event.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101103/ap_on_sc/as_indonesia_disasters
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