Indonesian eruption

Mount Merapi volcano spews ash as a villager collects her valuables from the ruins of her house at Kali Tengah village in Sleman, near Yogyakarta November 15, 2010. Mount Merapi volcano, on the outskirts of Yogyakarta city in central Java, began spewing searing hot gas and ash clouds more than two weeks ago, and has killed 194 people, disrupted flights and displaced more than 320,000 people. REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A man cleans his house from volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Merapi in Muntilan, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010.(AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)

Volcanic ash from the Mount Merapi volcano covers a dead farm animal in the Indonesian village of Cangkringan on November 14, 2010. Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano has killed 242 people since it began erupting late October 2010, with more than 390,000 people in makeshift camps, an official said. AFP PHOTO Clara PRIMA (Photo credit should read CLARA PRIMA/AFP/Getty Images)

A classroom of a school remains covered with volcanic ash due to the eruption of Mount Merapi in Cangkringan, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. The mountain, which has let off blasts of hot gas clouds over the past two days, resumed spewing ash on Sunday as it as done continuously since it roared to life Oct. 26. (AP Photo)

Workers clear volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Merapi volcano covering the Borobudur Temple in Muntilan of Indonesia's central Java province November 13, 2010. Mount Merapi volcano, on the outskirts of Yogyakarta city in central Java, began spewing searing hot gas and ash clouds more than two weeks ago, and has killed 194 people, displaced more than 320,000 people and disrupted flights. REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TRAVEL RELIGION)

Mount Merapi volcano erupts, as seen from Mungkid village in Magelang in Indonesia's central Java province November 13, 2010. Mount Merapi volcano, on the outskirts of Yogyakarta city in central Java, began spewing searing hot gas and ash clouds more than two weeks ago, and has killed 194 people, disrupted flights and displaced more than 320,000 people. REUTERS/Andry Prasetyo (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Indonesian army soldiers search for victims of the eruption of Mount Merapi in Cangkringan, Indonesia on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010. (AP Photo)

Children play on used clothes due to distributed to evacuees at a temporary shelter for those affected by the eruption of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. Continuous eruptions from the Indonesian volcano spewed clouds of ash into the skies Wednesday, forcing some international airlines to again cancel flights and U.S. President Barack Obama to cut short his visit. (AP Photo)

Indonesian soldiers search for victims killed in the eruption of Mount Merapi in Cangkringan, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. The volcano has forced U.S. President Barack Obama to cut short his visit to the country, and some international airlines are canceling flights over concerns about air safety Wednesday. (AP Photo)

Search and rescue team members from Yogyakarta carry a victim of Merapi volcano's eruption in Sleman on November 8, 2010. International flights to Indonesia's capital Jakarta returned to normal on November 8, officials said, a day ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama, after volcanic ash caused a weekend of travel chaos. AFP PHOTO / CLARA PRIMA TOPSHOTS (Photo credit should read CLARA PRIMA/AFP/Getty Images)

Motorists ride on a road covered with volcanic ash as Mount Merapi spews volcanic material in the background in Wukirsari, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010.

A farmer walks on his corn field covered in volcanic ash from Mount Merapi eruption in Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010.

A general view ofhouses and trees covered with ashes from Merapi volcano's eruption taken in Muntilan, Magelang on November 8, 2010. International flights to Indonesia's capital Jakarta returned to normal on November 8, officials said, a day ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama, after volcanic ash caused a weekend of travel chaos.

INDONESIA OUT In this handout picture from Media Indonesia taken early on November 5, 2010 volunteers rescue burned victims of Mount Merapi eruption in Argomulyo village devastated by deadly hot clouds of volcanic ash. The death toll from the eruption -- its most violent in more than a century -- rose to 85, with scores more suffering severe burns. The latest deaths bring the overall toll to 128 since the volcano started erupting on Java island on October 26. AFP PHOTO / MEDIA INDONESIA/ HO/SUSANTO / (Photo credit should read SUSANTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Lightning strikes as Mount Merapi volcano erupts spewing out towering clouds of hot gas and debris, as seen from Ketep village in Magelang, Indonesia's Central Java province November 6, 2010. Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted with renewed ferocity on Friday, killing another 54 people and blanketing the surrounding area with ash. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

An elderly woman with injuries sustained from Mount Merapi's latest eruption arrives at Sarjito hospital in Yogyakarta November 5, 2010. Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted with renewed ferocity on Friday, killing another 54 people and blanketing the surrounding area with ash. REUTERS/Dwi Oblo (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

A woman prays in a temporary shelter at Maguwoharjo Stadium in Yogyakarta, November 5, 2010. Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted with renewed ferocity on Friday, killing another 54 people and blanketing the surrounding area with ash. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

** EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT ** Victims of Mount Merapi eruption lie covered in volcanic ash as rescuers search for others in a village that was hit by pyroclastic flow in Argomulyo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 5, 2010. A deadly surge of blistering gases cascaded down the slopes of Indonesia's most volatile volcano Friday, torching houses in one mountainside village and triggering a chaotic midnight evacuation. (AP Photo/Gembong Nusantara)

TOPSHOTS- Kitchen utensils are covered with volcanic ash in Central Java village of Argomulyo on November 5, 2010. Indonesia's most active volcano killed at least 69 people in its biggest eruption in over a century, driving thousands more into emergency shelters, smothering homes and grounding flights. Many of the dead were children from Argomulyo village, 18 kilometres from the crater, according to emergency response officials. AFP PHOTO / CLARA PRIMA (Photo credit should read CLARA PRIMA/AFP/Getty Images)

epa02430511 An Indonesian policeman pats a surviving monkey after the village was sweept by Mount Merapi's 'Wedus Gembel' hot gas clouds, Cangkringan, Indonesia, 05 November 2010. Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted again on 04 November sending a plume about 6,000 meters high above the mountain and killing at least 7 people, the death toll since the eruption on 26 October rising to 52. EPA/ADI WEDA

CORRECTING OBJECT NAME A view from a domestic flight from Denpasar to Yogyakarta that was subsequently diverted to Surabaya airport shows a plume of gas and ash billowing some 10 km (six miles) high from the Mount Merapi volcano during an eruption on November 4, 2010. Volcanologists said the \"high intensity\" eruption was the strongest yet from the 2,914-metre (9,616-foot) Mount Merapi. Indonesia's most active volcano Merapi, located in Central Java province is a sacred landmark in Javanese culture whose name translates as \"Mountain of Fire.\" AFP PHOTO / CLARA PRIMA (Photo credit should read CLARA PRIMA/AFP/Getty Images)

Residents flee on motorcycle under volcanic ashfall during evacuation from a village in Klaten district on November 3, 2010, after Mount Merapi erupted. Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano exploded in a frightening new eruption of lava and red-hot rocks November 3, sparking panic and forcing the government to order new evacuations. Scientists said the 2,914-metre (9,616-foot) mountain in central Java erupted with more force than last week's blasts that killed 36 people, spewing huge clouds of searing gas into the sky. AFP PHOTO / FARRAS (Photo credit should read FARRAS/AFP/Getty Images)

epa02427660 Indonesian young girl cries as she escape when the volcano Merapi erupts in Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia, 03 November 2010. Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted again with renewed strength in its fourth eruption in eight days, as most villagers had already evacuated the area. At least 38 people were killed when the volcano first erupted last week, and about 70,000 people fled to shelters. EPA/MOHAMMAD ALI

Mount Merapi volcano spews smoke as seen from Sidorejo village in Klaten, near the ancient city of Yogyakarta, November 3, 2010. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

Volcanic ash emits steam on a channel near the slope of Mount Merapi in the Sleman district on November 3, 2010. Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano exploded in a frightening new eruption of lava and red-hot rocks on November 3, sparking panic and forcing the government to order new evacuations. Scientists said the 2,914-metre (9,616-foot) mountain in central Java erupted with more force than last week's blasts that killed 36 people, spewing huge clouds of searing gas into the sky. AFP PHOTO / SONNY TUMBELAKA (Photo credit should read SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP/Getty Images)

epa02427779 A young refugee looks out from a truck window as they evacuate to a safer place as Mount Merapi erupts seen from Umbulharjo village, Sleman, Indonesia, 03 November 2010. Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted again sending a plume about 3,000 meters above the mountain. EPA/ADI WEDA

epa02427727 Refugees evacuate to a safer place as Mount Merapi erupts seen from Umbulharjo village, Sleman, Indonesia, 03 November 2010. Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted again sending a plume about 3,000 meters above the mountain. EPA/ADI WEDA

In this photo taken late Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, people watch Mount Merapi spewing volcanic materials in Deles, Central Java, Indonesia. Indonesia's most dangerous volcano is once again sending searing gas clouds and burning rocks down its scorched flanks. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

A man stands at the back of a truck while local residents leave a danger zone as Merapi volcano releases ash clouds in Balerante village, Klaten on November 1, 2010. Indonesia's most active volcano which has claimed at least 36 lives last week spewed more searing clouds of gas and ash on October 31, triggering fresh panic among locals. AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY (Photo credit should read ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

Villagers escorted by police carry a suspected looter caught in an abandoned village in Sleman located in Mount Merapi's danger zone on November 1, 2010. Indonesia's most active volcano which has claimed at least 36 lives last week spewed more searing clouds of gas and ash on NOvember 1, 2010 triggering fresh panic among locals. AFP PHOTO / ARYA BIMA (Photo credit should read ARYA BIMA/AFP/Getty Images)

A cemetary is pictured covered with ash in Kinah Rejo village in Sleman on October 28, 2010. Disaster-prone Indonesia paused on October 28 to bury victims of Mount Merapi's violent eruption. More than 20 of the 32 victims were buried in a mass grave in central Java as the country reels from the twin disasters of October 27 volcanic eruption and a tsunami which struck Sumatra island on October 26, killing more than 300 people. AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY (Photo credit should read ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

Indonesian policemen and volunteers carry the coffin of a victim of the Mount Merapi eruption during a mass burial at Umbulhardjo village in Sleman, near the ancient city of Yogyakarta, October 28, 2010. Mount Merapi, on the outskirts of the city of Yogyakarta on Java island, first erupted on Tuesday, spewing out clouds of ash and jets of searing gas in an eruption that has killed at least 28 people and injured 14. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA - OCTOBER 27: Volunteers search for victims of the Mount Merapi eruption at Kinahrejo village in Sleman, on October 27, 2010, near Yogyakarta, Indonesia. One of Indonesia's most active volcanoes spewed out clouds of ash and jets of searing gas on Wednesday in an eruption that has killed at least 25 people and injured 14. More than 11,000 villagers living on the slopes of the Mount Merapi volcano are being evacuated after the alert status for an eruption was raised to the highest level. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Indonesian women weep upon hearing that their relatives who were killed in Mount Merapi eruption have been identified at a temporary shelter in Umbulharjo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. Rescuers scoured the slopes of Indonesia's most volatile volcano Wednesday after it was rocked by an eruption that spewed clouds of searing ash, killing at least 25 villagers including an old man known as the mountain's spiritual gatekeeper. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah)

Volcanic ash covers the interior of a house at a village badly hit by pyroclastic flows from Mount Merapi eruption in Kinahrejo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. Rescuers scoured the slopes of Indonesia's most volatile volcano Wednesday after it was rocked by an eruption that spewed clouds of searing ash, killing at least 25 villagers including an old man known as the mountain's spiritual gatekeeper. (AP Photo/Gembong Nusantara)

Indonesian people displaced by the eruption of Mount Merapi queue for food in Sleman on October 27, 2010. The death toll from the eruption of Indonesia's Mount Merapi rose to 29, including an elder known as the volcano's spiritual gatekeeper, officials said. AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY (Photo credit should read ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

A rescuer stands at a village hit by pyroclastic flows from Tuesday's eruption of Mount Merapi in Kinahrejo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. The volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles apart in Indonesia, spasms from the Pacific \"Ring of Fire,\" which spawns disasters from deep within the Earth. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

People run after Mount Merapi erupted at Kaliurang village in Sleman, near the ancient city of Yogyakarta, October 26, 2010. Mount Merapi erupted on Tuesday, prompting terrified villagers to flee and join the thousands already evacuated from its slopes, witnesses said. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

Merapi volcano spews thick smoke, taken from Glagaharjo village in Sleman, Yogyakarta on October 26, 2010. Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted three times on October 26, causing thousands to flee and claiming the life of a three-month-old baby girl as it emitted searing clouds and volcanic ash. AFP PHOTO / CLARA PRIMA (Photo credit should read CLARA PRIMA/AFP/Getty Images)