Volcano death toll passes 150

THE death toll from two weeks of eruptions from Indonesia’s most volatile volcano has passed 150.

Residents of the city at the base of Mount Merapi are fleeing, afraid that the volcano will erupt again. It is still spewing ash, though it has not had a major eruption since Friday.

In that blast, whole villages were smothered and people were cut down by searing gases that raced down the mountain at high speeds.