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Indonesia’s Mt. Merapi erupts, displacing thousands

Mount Merapi, Indonesia’s most active volcano, erupted Sunday.About a quarter-million people live in Merapi’s immediate vicinity. Civilians, many of whom live on the volcano’s slopes, were advised to remain at least 4.3 miles from the mouth of its crater.A 2010 eruption of Merapi killed 347 people and displaced 20,000.Indonesia’s Mount…