Villagers warned to flee volcano
From Times Wire Reports
More than 25,000 villagers were today refusing to leave their homes on the slopes of Mt. Kelud, in the heart of the country’s densely populated Java island, despite warnings by scientists that it was on the brink of a powerful eruption, officials said.
The volcano has been on the highest alert level for two weeks.
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