Fresh spurts of lava from a nearby volcano and deteriorating sanitary conditions added to the strain yesterday for hundreds of thousands of survivors of Indonesia's devastating earthquake.Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanos, spewed more lava and hot clouds of gas and ash yesterday, said Sugiono, a government scientist. Like many Indonesians, he uses one name. The volcano is north of Yogyakarta, the main city in the densely populated area of Java island hit by May 27's magnitude 6.3 quake.
Merapi's lava dome has swelled in the past week to 100m, raising fears that it could collapse, officials said. That could release a highly dangerous pyroclastic flow -- a fast-moving burst of high-temperature gases and rock fragments -- burning anything in its path, the government vulcanology center warned.
Scientists say the quake may have contributed to a weakening of the lava dome. More than a thousand aftershocks have hit the region since the earthquake struck before dawn just over a week ago, killing at least 6,234 people and injuring 30,000 more. Officials estimate that 135,000 homes were destroyed.
There is another article at Antara News that indicates it's about to blow, but for some reason I can't select from the web page.