Indonesia’s Most Active Volcano Rumbles, Public Ordered to Stay Away

Indonesia’s Most Active Volcano Rumbles, Public Ordered to Stay Away
A volcano is seen erupting in Central Java, Indonesia, in this May 11, 2018 still image taken from a video obtained from social media. Shopan Pangestu/via Reuters
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JAKARTA—Indonesia’s most active volcano, Mount Merapi on densely populated Java island, has shown danger signs with a series of small eruptions, and authorities have ordered villagers living on its slopes to leave and hikers to stay clear.

A series of eruptions at Mount Merapi in 2010 killed more than 350 people and authorities are taking no chances after plumes of smoke and ash billowed into the sky late on Monday.