http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/14/indonesia.volcano/index.html
Mount Merapi erupted last month, and it has caused a total of 242 deaths so far. The eruption was on Tuesday, October 26, in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is located on the Island of Java, near the major city of Yogyakarta. More than 400,000 people have fled from their homes. President Obama was in Indonesia, but he had to leave sooner than he was planning because of the eruption of Merapi. The last eruption from the volcano was in 1930, and there were 1,300 people who died in that eruption. They were very concerned about their livestalk, so some people went back for them and died.
There were many people who died, but not as many that died in 1930. I think that the reason there are not as many people who died is because it is less dificult to leave the island than it was back then. Another reason that I think there were not as many people harmed is because of the technology we can use to help predict if the volcano is going to erupt or not. I think that it stinks for Obama to have to cut his trip short, but I'm glad that he cut it short and didn't get hurt. To be honest though I think they should have just left the cows.
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