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Running for safety: Soldiers and rescuers run following an eruption on Mount Merapi in Argomulyo, Yogyakarta, on Friday
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Running for safety: Soldiers and rescuers run following an eruption on Mount Merapi in Argomulyo, Yogyakarta, on Friday. AP/Trisnadi
Mother Nature, once again, has unleashed her fury, this time against the people living near Mount Merapi in Central Java. Plumes of hot gas and volcanic debris spewed from the mountain’s crater, killing more than 80 people so far and injuring scores of others as of Friday morning. Volcanic ash blanketed and paralyzed several towns and villages near the mountain. Volcanologists said Friday’s eruption was the biggest in more than a century. —JP
Refugee life: Antara/Akbar Nugroho Gumay. Scores of people are evacuated to safety on a truck after an eruption of Mount Merapi in Manisrenggo, Klaten, Central Java, on Friday.
Help needed: A volunteer pushes an elderly woman on a stretcher at a temporary shelter at Maguwoharjo Stadium in Yogyakarta on Friday. Reuters/Beawiharta 
Ashes to ashes: A man and his son flee their home following another eruption on Mount Merapi Klaten, Central Java, on Friday. The new eruption has forced authorities to widen the danger zone to 20 kilometers from the crater. AP/Achmad Ibrahim.
Grounded: An airplane sits parked on the tarmac covered with volcanic ash at Adisucipto International Airport in Yogyakarta on Friday. The airport was closed due to a thick layer of volcanic ash on the runway. AP/Irwin Ferdiansyah.
Praying for victims: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono takes part in a special prayer for victims of Mount Merapi during a press conference at his office in Jakarta on Friday. Yudhoyono ordered National Disaster Management Body (BNPB) chief Syamsul Maarif to oversee all relief and emergency aid operations. Antara/Widodo S. Jusuf
