Indonesia’s most active volcano of Mount Merapi shot a towering plume of ash about 6 kilometres high on June 1, triggering a top alert notice for passenger planes, the government official said.
Indonesia’s most active volcano of Mount Merapi shoots a towering plume of ash on June 1. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s most active volcano of Mount Merapi shot atowering plume of ash about 6 kilometres high on June 1, triggering a top alertnotice for passenger planes, the government official said.
The volcano erupted at 8:20am (local time), spreading volcanic ash to the westof the crater.
The Indonesian authority has issued red alert of Vona (Volcano ObservatoryNotice for Aviation), the highest level which forbids planes from passingthrough the volcano area.
Residents in the vulnerable zone near the volcano have been warned to stayvigilant and a three-kilometre no-go zone around the crater remains in force.
Mount Merapi is situated on the border of Yogyakarta and Central Java on Javaisland. The volcano has regularly erupted since 1948. In November 1994, itseruption killed 27 people while the last major eruption in 2010 killed 347people.
On May 24, the mount burst six kilometre volcanic ash to the sky, releasingpoisonous gas, including H2S and CO2 into the air.
Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 250 million people, sits on the Pacific"Ring of Fire" and is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.Indonesian government seismologists monitor more than 120 active volcanoes.-VNA
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Indonesia’s most active volcano of Mount Merapi shoots a towering plume of ash on June 1. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) 
