` We 've taken steps to anticipate possible lava floods from upstream , '' said Syamsul Maarif , the head of the National Agency for Disaster Management . Generally speaking , Mount Merapi has passed its dangerous phase , '' the government says . It cited recent eruptions vs. historic ones and compared magma flow . Eruptions that started on October 26 and have killed 191 people . The last eruption was in 1963 when a volcano erupted at an altitude of about 6,700 meters ( 19,500 feet ).
Generally speaking , Mount Merapi has passed its dangerous phase , '' the government says . It cited recent eruptions vs. historic ones and compared magma flow . Eruptions that started on October 26 and have killed 191 people . The last eruption was in 1963 when a volcano erupted at an altitude of about 6,700 meters ( 19,500 feet ).