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In this photo taken using slow camera shutter speed, hot lava runs down from the crater of Mount Merapi, in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on Aug. 9, 2021. Slamet Riyadi/AP Photo
Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted on Aug. 9, pouring ash and lava into the sky on Java, a densely populated island that’s home to more than a dozen active volcanoes.
While hot ash from the eruption covered several villages and nearby towns, there was no immediate report of evacuations or deaths
