Lava Dome on Top of Mount Merapi Collapses [1]

Jakarta Globe - SP/Imron Rosyid Taufikur, 10/19/12

Mount Merapi erupting in 2010. (JG Photo/Boy T Harjanto)

Solo, Central Java. A lava dome that formed on top of Mount Merapi following its 2010 eruption has collapsed, prompting volcanology officials to issue a warning on Friday of a possible deadly cold lava stream on the mountain slope.

Tri Mujianto, from the Merapi mountain observatory in Jrakah, in the Selo subdistrict of Boyolali, said the lava dome had disappeared but he could not say precisely when.

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