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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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A rescuer stands in a village hit by pyroclastic flows from Tuesday's eruption of Mount Merapi in Kinahrejo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 27 Oct 2010 (AP)
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Javanese women carry grass to feed their cattle as Mount Merapi spews volcanic smoke in the background in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 20 Oct 2010 (AP)