JAKARTA (AFP) - Engineers dropped chains of concrete balls into a “volcano” oozing hot mud in Indonesia’s East Java province Monday as they resumed a bid to stem the flow which has submerged entire villages.

Call me cynical, but it seems like it would be a much better use of energy and dollars to help the people who have homes in danger to relocate.  Yes, I know that people will not want to leave their homes. But it seems likely that they may *lose* their home under mud, and have to relocate anyway.