Residents woke to find their homes covered with a film of grey black ash, 1mm to 2mm thick.

居民们醒来时发现房屋上覆盖着大约1毫米至2毫米的一层灰烬。

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Meanwhile, black ash and soot has been spewing out of Mount Merapi ever since it erupted.

同时，自默拉皮火山喷发以来，火山灰和烟尘不断蔓延。

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At the curve in the road where his cab had caught fire, the interstate was streaked with black ash.

在他的卡车着火的弯道，洲际公路上都是黑灰。

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In the yard behind the outbuildings, the fodder stack was a smoking pile, flakes of black ash blowing off in the breeze.

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