A cold lava flood has flowed from Indonesia's Mount Merapi on Sunday, hitting Jurang Jero village of Magelang regency of Central Java province, reported China's Xinhua news agency.
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, head of the Data Center, Information and Public Relation at the National Agency of Disaster Management (BNPB) said that the cold lava flood was triggered by heavy rainfall on the top of the volcano.
In a statement, he said that there were no casualties reported during the flood that hit at 14:15 local time (0714 GMT). Only two trucks used to mine volcanic sand were washed away by the flood.
He added that the authorities and volunteers has faced difficulty to search and rescue due to strong flood current
In a statement, Sutopo said only two trucks used to mine volcanic sand were carried by the flood, and authorities and volunteers has faced difficulty to evacuate the trucks due to strong flood currents.
As much as 90 million meter cubics of cold lava are threatening people living around Mount Merapi that erupted in 2010
Nov 20, 2011
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