Mount Merapi

Due to the eruption of Mount Merapi, Indonesia’s active volcano, the cloud of ash engulfed the sky up to 3.5 kilometres in the area on August 16. Although authorities reported no casualties, it warned everyone against ''potential lave flows'' to maintain a distance of ''a five kilometre radius'' from the center. Reportedly, the last eruption of the volcano had claimed over 300 lives in 2010.