Learning English - Words in the News 15 May, 2006 - Published 12:13 GMT Java volcano activity increases | ||||||||||||
A volcano on the Indonesian island of Java is continuing to spew hot clouds of smoke, ash and lava into the air. A mass evacuation was ordered two days ago and is still under way. Many villagers have been reluctant to leave their farmland but there is now growing pressure for everyone to move into emergency shelters. This report from Rachel Harvey: Thousands of people living in villages closest to the volcano have already been moved to emergency shelters. Many more are lining up by the side of the road waiting for trucks to take them to safety. But still there are a few farmers refusing to move. Without their crops and animals they have no income and cannot support their families so they're waiting until the government offers financial help. Meanwhile, the mountain above them is becoming more active by the day. At least one village about three kilometres from the crater has been covered in a dusting of volcanic ash. One scientist told the BBC he now believed Merapi was in what he called the early stages of an eruption but he added 'we cannot predict when it will reach its peak'. Rachel Harvey, BBC News, Jakarta moved shelters lining up trucks refusing crops income support dusting the early stages of an eruption | LATEST STORIES 10 July, 2009 Rio Tinto executive accused of bribery 08 July, 2009 How mice went global 03 July, 2009 Schwarzenegger declares budget crisis 01 July, 2009 UK's first atheist summer camp 29 June, 2009 Honduras curfew Other Stories | |||||||||||
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