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Indonesia’s Semeru volcano erupts spewing hot clouds days after deadly earthquake
Indonesia’s Mount Semeru has erupted, pouring ash and smoke more than 5 kilometres into the sky above Java, just days after 49 people were killed in a deadly earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.
Key points:
- Semeru volcano has been at the third-highest alert level since it began erupting in May
- Rescue operations were underway following a magnitude-6.2 earthquake
- Many survivors said that aid had not reached them yet due to damaged roads
No evacuation orders have been issued so far on Java, the country’s most densely populated island, but the National Disaster Mitigation Agency warned villagers living on the mountain’s slopes to be alert for ongoing volcanic activity.
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