The Primary effects of Mount Merapi are the hot gases and volcanic bombs went up to a temperature of 800°C and it expanded to km away. The pyroclastic flows spread 3km down Mount Merapi, ash fell up to 30km away and 5km into the sky. It made an ash cloud of 5km, and the villages were under 30cm of ash. The sulfur dioxide from the ash cloud was blown all over Indonesia and furthermore to South as Australia. Secondary effects of the eruption are due to the numerous crop destructions, the vegetable prices increased, emergency shelters had to move over 5km away. The danger area had been moved over to 20km from Mount Merapi causing 278 000 people living on the extremity of the mountain had to flee. Planes and airports had to be canceled in Western Australia, due to the ash clouds and the risk of damage from the ash cloud. The ash
rock and lava got transported into the towns due to the rainfall creating a lahar.
In November 200 the Mount Merapi volcano erupted and on the volcanic explosively index it was a 4, It was a higher eruption than the Eyjafjallajokull volcano. The social impact of the volcano is that 200 000 people turned homeless, 320 000 people got displaced and 278 000 that were living on the extremity of the volcano had to depart and go love somewhere else. The emergency shelters got moved over 5km away, the danger zone was continued 20km away from Mount Merapi and due to the big eruption there were overcrowded centers, leading to weak hygiene, no privacy and there was a dangerous risk of disease. The volcano brought noms for the tourism industry for survivors and a hot spa that has been displayed by the mud that can improve health and skin.