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Soldiers carry the coffin of a victim of the Mount Merapi eruption at a mass burial Thursday in Umbulharjo, Indonesia. (Associated Press)
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Mourners weep at the funeral of Maridjan, the spiritual guardian of Mount Merapi, Thursday in Glagaharjo, Indonesia. For 33 years, Maridjan sought to appease the volcano's spirits by throwing offerings into its crater. He died when he refused to flee its eruption. (Associated Press)
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Map locates a strong earthquake that struck Indonesia Monday; includes location of Indonesian volcano that erupted Tuesday
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A rescuer carries an elderly woman to a temporary shelter as she is evacuated from her home on the slope of Mount Merapi, in Pakem, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. Indonesia's most volatile volcano started erupting Tuesday, after scientists warned that pressure building beneath its dome could trigger the most powerful eruption in years. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)
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Rescuers search for victims at a village hit by pyroclastic flows from Tuesday's eruption of Mount Merapi in Kinahrejo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday. The volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles apart in Indonesia, spasms from the Pacific "Ring of Fire," which spawns disasters from deep within the Earth. (Associated Press)
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Indonesian Vice President Boediono (upper right with white shirt) looks at the bodies of tsunami victims in Pagai Utara, Mentawai Islands, on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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Tsunami survivor Rick Hallett, a boat captain, hugs his Indonesian wife, Hesti Dwiningsih, upon his arrival in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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A villager watches Mount Merap in Indonesia. Scientists warned that mounting pressure could trigger the most powerful eruption in years. (Associated Press)
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Former leprosy patient Adelino Quelo, 68, crouches outside his hut in Malelat, West Oe-cusse, overlooking the East Nusa Tengara province of Indonesia. (Associated Press)
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In this photo taken on Tuesday July 6, 2010, Dr. Rosmini Day, 62, a retired leprosy expert from Indonesia, right, examines leprosy patient Izabel Afdan, 52, center, at a health center, in Oe-sillo, 14 kilometers (9 miles) west of Oe-cusse town, East Timor. East Timor is one of just two places worldwide where leprosy is still widespread, and the country has now declared war on the age-old scourge. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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FILE - In this March 6, 2010 file photo, U.S. singer Toni Braxton performs during the Java Jazz concert festival in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, file)
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Rescuers search for victims of a train crash near a station in Petarukan in Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. The early morning train crash in central Indonesia killed dozens of people and injured another dozens, many of them critically, officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo)
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Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke as seen from Tanah Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The volcano shot volcanic ash high into the air Tuesday, dusting villages 15 miles away in its most powerful eruption since awakening last week from four centuries of dormancy. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
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Mount Sinabung, near Karo on North Sumatra in Indonesia, erupted for the second day in a row Monday, spewing out towering clouds of ash and forcing the evacuation of more than 30,000 people. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
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Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010. The volcano spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years causing thousands of people living around its slope to evacuate their homes. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
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Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years, causing thousands of people living around its slope to evacuate their homes in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
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A villager rides a buffalo cart with a backdrop of Mount Sinabung, in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010. The volcano spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years causing thousands of people living around its slope to evacuate their homes. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
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This image provided by NOAA shows a close look one of the many interesting images collected by the Little Hercules ROV during the INDEX 2010 Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region off Indonesia in July. Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor _ including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous. They predicted Thursday Aug. 26, 2010 that as many as 40 new plant and animal species may have been discovered during the three-week expedition that ended Aug. 14. (AP Photo/NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program)
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This image provided by NOAA shows a close look one of the many interesting images collected by the Little Hercules ROV during the INDEX 2010 Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region off Indonesia in July. Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor _ including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous. They predicted Thursday Aug. 26, 2010 that as many as 40 new plant and animal species may have been discovered during the three-week expedition that ended Aug. 14. (AP Photo/NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program)
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In this Saturday, July 31, 2010 photo, fish swim near coral reefs off Aceh Besar, Aceh province, Indonesia. Coral that survived the 2004 tsunami is now dying at one of the fastest rates ever recorded because of a dramatic rise in water temperatures off northwestern Indonesia, conservationists said, warning Wednesday that the damage and threat extends to other reefs across Asia. (AP Photo/Heri Juanda)
