Above, Mount Merapi, or "Mountain of Fire" in Javanese, spews volcanic ash and rocks, as seen from Sleman district in Yogyakarta special region on Nov. 6. Since October, 140 people have died in a series of Mount Merapi eruptions in Indonesia. U.S. President Barack Obama cut short his stay in the country during his current 10-day Asia trip because of the amount of ash in the air.
Indonesian Army special forces prepare to evacuate the town of Pejambon in Sleman district, Yogyakarta special region, on Nov. 8. International airlines canceled dozens of flights to Indonesia last weekend after Merapi recorded its biggest eruption since the 1870s on Nov. 5, but most air travel had returned to normal by Nov. 8.
A child refugee watches the rain from inside a tent at a temporary evacuation center in the village of Keputran, in Klaten district, Central Java province, on Nov. 4. Approximately 100,000 people have been evacuated from the danger zone, which now stretches 15 kilometers.
Rescue teams walk through an ash-covered area during the evacuation of Ampringan village in Sleman on Nov. 7. Mount Merapi is a sacred landmark in Javanese culture.
An elderly Indonesian villager salvages a television in the village of Umbulharjo in Central Java, on Nov. 7.
Indonesian Army special forces search for victims in Pejambon, Yogyakarta, on Nov. 8.
A volunteer searches for victims and survivors amid fallen bamboo and ash-covered debris in Sleman in Yogyakarta, on Nov. 6.
A villager drives his cow to safety in the village of Umbulharjo, in Central Java on Nov. 7.
An ash-covered channel near Mount Merapi, Sleman, on Nov. 3.
A man waits in a flooded tent at an evacuation center set up for people displaced by Merapi's eruptions in Keputran village, Klaten, Central Java, on Nov. 4.
Volcanic ash covers rooftops and flattened trees in Muntilan city, Central Java, on Nov. 8.
Ash covers the city of Muntilan, in Central Java, on Nov. 8.
Rescue teams rush to search for victims in the village of Ampringan in Sleman, on Nov. 7.
An Indonesian Army special forces soldier looks for victims in Ngepringan village, Sleman, Yogyakarta, on Nov. 9.
Villagers hurry to move their cow out of harm's way as ash erupts from Mount Merapi in Klaten, Central Java, on Nov. 6.
Molten lava flows from the "Mountain of Fire" on Nov. 2.
