Merapi volcano phreutic eruption

Indonesia
May 23, 2018 5:16pm CST
I've been monitoring my social media since May 21 to keep up date with Merapi volcano activity. Most of my mom's family and relatives live in the area that will get quite impact from Merapi eruption. Though we live in the city but most likely we will get the ashes too, especially if the wind blows it to our direction. There was eruption this early morning, at 2:56, phreutic eruption, but this time bigger and longer compared to eruption happened in the last couple days. My cousin's send me a picture of her front house already covered with white ashes. She said it was a slightly red before but now its all white. She said everything still safe in their area but we still worry since the eruption coming 3x a day in the last 3 days, and the current always bigger than the last time.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
23 May 18
That is frightening. Isn't there an order for residents to evacuate?
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• Indonesia
23 May 18
Yes the area that closer to the hills side that most likely will get the worst impact have been evacuate since yeaterday but then the return to their homes again in the morning to care their farms n rice field and the up dates I got this morning they've been evacuate again cos the eruption is bigger than yesterdays. It sands and ashes rain this time.
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