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Mount Merapi (Mountain of Fire)
As of November 5, 2010, the death toll topped 100, nearly 90,000 were left homeless and relief workers were forced to move evacuation camps further from away from Mount Merapi. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has declared a national disaster after eruptions on November 4.
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Indonesian soldiers stand in the grave near the coffins containing the victims of Mount Merapi eruption during a mass burial in Umbulharjo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 28 Oct 2010 (AP)
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A villager walks past a buffalo killed in Mount Merapi eruption in Kinahrejo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 27 Oct 2010 (AP)
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Man watches as Mount Merapi spews volcanic smoke in the background in Kaliadem, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 26 Oct 2010 (AP)
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Burnt trees and grass surround a building damaged by pyroclastic flows following Tuesday's eruption of Mount Merapi in Kaliadem, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 27 Oct 2010 (AP)