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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Indonesian volcano's ash disrupts more flights AFP - 16 minutes ago Send IM Story Print Indonesian volcano's ash disrupts more flights JAKARTA (AFP) - – Ash from the eruption of Indonesia's most active volcano, which has killed 151 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more, caused more disruption to flights on Wednesday. Mount Merapi, which means "Mountain of Fire", has been spewing ash and heat clouds since late October, killing people with torrents of boiling hot gas and rock and forcing 320,000 people to flee to makeshift camps. An Indonesian government volcanologist said the pace of the eruption had slowed, but Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific and Australia's Qantas cancelled flights because of the ash. The ash caused major disruptions to flights in and out of Indonesia at the weekend and forced US President Barack Obama to cut short his trip to the sprawling archipelago on Wednesday. Related article: Deadly volcanic eruptions across the globe Cathay said it had cancelled flights to and from Jakarta on Wednesday and Thursday, while Qantas cancelled a Sydney-Jakarta service on Wednesday. "Cathay Pacific will monitor and assess the situation and the possibility of operating flights," the airline said on its website Wednesday. Jetstar, the low-cost offshoot of Qantas, has also changed its flight schedule for services to the Indonesian island of Bali, cancelling flights that arrive at or depart from the popular holiday destination at night. "Safety is Jetstar's number one priority and the airline has put a range of measures in place to ensure safe operations, including the decision to operate services arriving to/departing from Bali during daylight hours only," it said. Officials said safety worries about the ash also meant Yogyakarta airport -- the city lies around 25 kilometres (15 miles) from the volcano -- would stay closed until Monday next week at the earliest. "We may prolong the closing of the airport then if Merapi is still erupting," Transport Ministry director general for aviation Herry Bhakti said. Obama pledged US support for Indonesia in dealing with the aftermath of the eruption, the biggest at Mount Merapi since the 1870s. "As always, the United States stands with Indonesia in responding to this natural disaster, and we are pleased to be able to help as needed," the president said in a speech in Jakarta. "As neighbours help neighbours and families take in the displaced, I know that the strength and resilience of the Indonesian people will pull you through once more." White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said forecasts for the ash meant Obama had to leave early from Jakarta, although the capital is more than 400 kilometres west of the volcano. The air in Jakarta was smoggy on Wednesday but there were no obvious signs of volcanic ash falling on the city. "The intensity of the eruption has decreased but the volcano's activity is still high and it still emits heat clouds," government volcanologist Surono told AFP. "There was a burst of ash reaching up to 1,800 metres (6,000 feet) vertically last night, but the ash did not have the potential to reach Jakarta," he said. Surono said data showed Merapi had belched more heat clouds at 5:30 am on Wednesday (2230 GMT Tuesday) which could reach up to four kilometres from the volcano's crater. The government announced a 20-kilometre "danger zone" from the top of the volcano on Friday, saying residents within the area should evacuate. The Indonesian archipelago has dozens of active volcanoes and straddles major tectonic fault lines known as "ring of fire" between the Pacific and Indian oceans. 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