Indonesia Evacuates Residents, Shuts Airport After Java Volcano Erupts

Indonesia Evacuates Residents, Shuts Airport After Java Volcano Erupts
Merapi Volcano spewing smoke and ash in Boyolali, Central Java, Indonesia May 11, 2018, in this still image obtained from a video by social media. Instagram @Febriacs/via Reuters
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JAKARTA — Indonesian authorities ordered people living near a volcano to leave their homes on Friday and a major city closed its airport after the 5,500 metre peak sent a column of steam and ash into the sky.

The Mount Merapi volcano on densely populated Java island is one of the most active in Indonesia and a series of eruptions in 2010 killed more than 350 people.