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Breaking: Merapi volcano in Indonesia erupts again
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Java’s Merapi volcano in Indonesia erupted again today. The latest eruption is stronger than the eruption from last Tuesday. There are currently no reports of casualties. The authorities evacuated more than 50.000 people in the last few days, fearing that the volcano’s activity is not about to end soon.
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