Indonesia’s Merapi volcano ejects towering column of ash

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi shot a towering plume of ash about 6 kilometers (4 miles) high Friday in an eruption authorities said lasted two minutes. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said the volcano’s alert status, raised last month from the lowest level, is unchanged and a 3-kilometer (1.8-mile) no-go zone around the […]