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Merapi volcano (Java, Indonesia): actively growing lava dome generated block-and-ash flows

Incandescent avalanches from the lava dome (image: @merapi_uncover/twitter)

Incandescent avalanches from the lava dome (image: @merapi_uncover/twitter)

Pyroclastic flows (gravity-driven mass flows) continue to occur from the actively growing lava dome.
Gravitational collapse of parts of the dome triggered block-and-ash flows that lifted ash plumes as it descended the SW and SE slopes.
The seismic station recorded about 120 volcano-tectonic earthquakes.
The current hazards are hot avalanches mobilized into hot glowing currents towards the south-southwest sector including Kali Kuning, Boyong, Bedog, Krasak, Bebeng, & Putih with a maximum distance of 5 km.

In addition, the eruption of volcanic material in the event of an explosive eruption could reach a radius of 3 km from the summit.

Video of recent activity at the dome (source: @pusdalopssleman/twitter)