Indonesia's volcano re-erupts

JAKARTA. October 29. KAZINFORM Indonesia's volcano in Central Java re-erupted on Fiday morning, a Volcanology Agency official said; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

Mount Merapi spewed hot ash by up to over two kilometers high and headed to southeastern by up 3.5 kilometers, the official at Merapi monitoring office post in Yogyakarta heru Saparwoko told Xinhua by phone from Yogyakarta province.

"The mount erupted again at 06:10 a.m. local time, followed by the spewing of hot ash," he said.

It was not clear whether the lave was spreaded from the cracker as it was difficult to monitor it on visual, said Saparwoko.

Mount Merapi with 2,968 meters high located in the border of Central Java province and Yogyakarta province started eruption phase on Tuesday and re-erupted on Thursday afternoon; Kazinform cites Xinhua.

See www.xinhuanet.com/english2010 for full version