| Hot lava flows from the Mount Merapi
volcano in Central Java on May 13, 2006. Thousands of villagers began
fleeing their homes in the path of red-hot lava flows oozing from
Indonesia's Mount Merapi as officials said an eruption looked imminent.
But many residents were still reluctant to leave their homes, despite a
mandatory evacuation order, they
said.(Xinhua/AFP) |