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Heavy mudflow from a volcanic mountain in Indonesia, Mount Merapi, have forced hundreds of people to flee from their places. The volcanic materials have been rapidly flowing due to the heavy rains that have washed the slope of the mountain.

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Most of the people affected live along the banks of Code River which flows from Mount Merapi till Yogyakarta city. Till now around 400 people have fled from the city.

It is reported that the residents must leave their houses temporarily as the water had submerged their houses. An official of the disaster management and mitigation management agency said that most of the ash and volcanic materials washed by the river were already existed in the river during recent eruption.

Indonesia has the largest number of active volcanoes. Since October 26 this year, atleast 341 people have been killed.

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