Thousands of villagers flee slopeside towns after Mount Merapi volcano errupted in Indonesia yesterday. Authorities are working to evacuate the 11,000 people from villages along the slope. <br /><br />The road leading out was clogged with motorcycles, cars and panicked villagers—all of them<br />desperate to escape Mount Merapi, the Indonesian volcano which erupted on Tuesday. <br /><br />Falling ash and darkness complicated matters as authorities work to evacuate over 11,000 people from villages along the slope.<br /><br />While there have been no glimpses of lava, three villagers have been burnt by hot air bursts.<br /><br />Memories of the volcano's deadliness are still fresh for many. Seventy people were killed in 1994 when the volcano's dome collapsed.<br /><br />Mount Merapi is the second volcano to erupt in Indonesia this month.<br /><br />Indonesia has been besieged with natural disasters including earthquakes, flooding and a tsunami this week alone.
