Indonesian search and rescue teams have been scouring the slopes of Mount Merapi on Sunday looking for survivors as the volcano continued to belch ash and toxic fumes [Reuters]
Published On 7 Nov 20107 Nov 2010
Merapi(***)s continuous eruption forced the cancellation of flights into the main international airport in Jakarta [GALLO/GETTY]
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Thousands of villagers around the deadly mountain tried to flee the danger zone on November 6 as Merapi continued to erupt [GALLO/GETTY]
Experts say the eruption on November 5 made it "the biggest in at least a century" at Merapi [AFP]
Mount Merapi, which translates as Mountain of Fire, has convulsed regularly since erupting on October 26, killing nearly 140 people so far [AFP]
Volcanologists warned eruptions could continue in the weeks ahead as pressure continued to build up in the magma dome [AFP]
Ash has covered the village of Kinarrejo in Sleman, near the ancient city of Yogyakarta [AFP]
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More than 150,000 people have been evacuated from nearby villages and are living in temporary shelters [Reuters]
Some villagers refused to leave their homes and livestock and had to be evacuated by force [AFP]
Most of the dead were killed in the heat clouds, by suffocation and severe burns [Reuters]
Indonesia straddles a series of faultlines and is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions [Reuters]
