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| Southeast Asia |
| Quake aid effort 'hits stride' amid volcano fears |
| 2006-06-06 |
| Relief operations launched after the Java earthquake have hit full stride, UN officials say, but fears are growing of an impending volcanic eruption on the Indonesian island. Simmering Mount Merapi was put on red alert on May 13 and looms over a plain already devastated by the quake which hit two weeks later, killing nearly 5,800 people and leaving 340,000 people homeless. Vulcanologists have recorded escalating activity at the volcano, resulting in thousands of people being evacuated from hamlets near its peak this week. Some 22,000 were taken to safety last month but most had returned home by the time the quake hit. |
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