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Mount Merapi—Several villages on the slopes of the volcano have been utterly devasted by the recent eruptions, including Kepuharjo.

Mount Merapi erupted again this morning, Friday Nov. 5, sending down a deadly cloud which killed at least 49 people and inflicted serious burns on 66.

A volcanic ash cloud, which drifted across European airspace earlier this year, leading to the cancellation of more than 100,000 flights, and affecting over 10 million passengers, was good business for the Eurostar train service.

British Airways (BA) chief executive Willie Walsh has turned down another bonus package.

The Icelandic volcanic eruption last month grounded 100,000 flights, causing an estimated loss of more than $1.7 billion for the airline industry.

A new plume of ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano is moving toward the United Kingdom and may affect U.S. airspace.

The plume of ash from an Iceleandic volcano that has grounded tens of thousands of flights on Tuesday.

Airports are still reluctant to open their airstrips due to the lingering ash cloud created by Iceland’s volcano.

Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano is now responsible for a substantial ash cloud that is traveling through Europe and affecting a large number of countries.