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YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted Sunday, spreading searing gas clouds and avalanches of lava down its slopes as other active volcanoes flared up across the country, forcing the evacuation of thousands. A column of hot clouds blasted 100 meters (about 109 yards) into the air as ash blanketed several villages without casualties, he added. Merapi is the most active out of more than 120 volcanoes across the country. Also on Sunday, Mount Marapi in West Sumatra province erupted again, its third biggest flare-up this month, albeit without discharging lava. In December 2021, Mount Semeru, the highest volcano on Java island, erupted, leaving 48 people dead and 36 missing.

Persons: Agus Budi Santoso, Mount Lewotobi Laki, Mount Semeru, Niniek Karmini Organizations: Technology Research, Development, Volcanology, Mount, Associated Press Locations: YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia, Merapi, Java, Yogyakarta, East Nusa Tenggara, Marapi, West Sumatra, Semeru, East Java, North Maluku, Jakarta

☆ Indonesia's Mount Semeru volcano erupts
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Anuja Jaiman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Russian forces tried to advance in eastern Ukraine and trained tank, mortar and artillery fire on Kherson in the south, the Ukrainian military said, as heavy fighting continues nine months into the invasion.

☆ Indonesia’s Mount Semeru erupts, burying homes in volcanic debris
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Mount Semeru in Lumajang district in East Java province spewed thick columns of ash nearly 5,000 feet into the sky Sunday. Villages and nearby towns were blanketed with falling ash, blocking out the sun, but no casualties have been reported. Hundreds of rescuers were deployed Monday in the worst-hit villages of Sumberwuluh and Supiturang, where houses and mosques were buried to their rooftops by tons of volcanic debris. The government moved about 2,970 houses out of the danger zone, including from Sumberwuluh village. People were advised to keep off the southeastern sector along the Besuk Kobokan River, which is in the path of the lava flow.

☆ Thousands on alert in Indonesia's Java after Mt. Semeru eruption
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Mount Semeru volcano spews volcanic ash during an eruption as seen from Candipuro in Lumajang, East Java province, Indonesia, December 4, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Iwan/ via REUTERSJAKARTA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Thousands of residents in Indonesia's East Java were on high alert on Monday after a violent eruption at the island's tallest volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8-kilometer no-go zone and forced evacuations of entire villages. "Yesterday, the rainfall level was high, causing all the material from the top of the mountain to come down. Indonesia's volcanology and geological hazard mitigation agency on Sunday raised the alert level for Mt. Semeru erupted last year killing more than 50 people and displacing thousands more.

☆ Indonesia's highest volcano unleashes lava river in latest eruption
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Indonesia's highest volcano erupted Sunday, releasing searing gas clouds and rivers of lava on the Java Island. The evacuation of people, which includes children and seniors, living near the volcano in East Java province had also begun with 93 residents so far evacuated to shelters, Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency, BNPB said in a statement. Indonesia’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, PVMBG, raised the warning to its highest level, its chief told Reuters in a text message. Semeru’s last major eruption was in December last year, when the rumbling volcano erupted with fury and left 51 people dead in villages that were buried in layers of mud. Several hundred others were injured with serious burns, and the eruption forced the evacuation of more than 10,000 villagers.

Mount Semeru, which lies around 640 kilometers (400 miles) southeast of the capital Jakarta, began erupting at 2:46 a.m. local time Sunday (2:46 p.m. Pyroclastic flow rolls down the slope of Mount Semeru during an eruption in Lumajang, East Java. Standing at 3,676 meters (12,060 feet), Mount Semeru is the tallest volcano on Java – and one of its most active ones. People take shelter at a community hall in Candipuro village following Mount Semeru's volcanic eruption in Lumajang, East Java on December 4, 2022. Rescue workers monitor the flow of volcanic materials from the eruption of Mount Semeru, in Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia, on December 4, 2022.

☆ Indonesia's Semeru volcano erupts, people warned to stay away
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JAKARTA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Indonesia's Semeru volcano on Java island erupted early on Sunday, spewing a column of ash 1.5 km (1 miles) into the air, prompting authorities to warn residents to stay away from the eruption area. Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency, BNPB, warned residents not to conduct any activities within 5 km (3 miles) of the eruption centre and to stay 500 metres (1,500 feet) from riversides due to risks of lava flow. The volcano began erupting at 2:46 a.m. (1946 GMT on Saturday), BNPB said in a statement. Indonesian authorities have distributed masks to local residents, BNPB said in a statement, adding that volcanic activity remained at level III, below the highest level of IV. With 142 volcanoes, Indonesia has the largest population globally living in close range to a volcano, including 8.6 million within 10 km (6 miles).

☆ Japan Meteorological Agency says no tsunami impact from Java volcano eruption, NHK reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

TOKYO, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Japan's Meteorological Agency said on Sunday that there was no tsunami impact a volcano that erupted on Sunday in Indonesia, public broadcaster NHK said. Indonesian authorities raised the warning on Semeru volcano on the island of Java to the highest level after an eruption spewed a column of ash high into the air. read moreReporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto; Editing by William MallardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Indonezia este lovită din toate părțile: cutremur puternic, inundații, alunecări de teren și avion prăbușit în mare
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-18 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

Duminică, bilanțul cutremului de 6,2 grade produs în insula Sulawesi a crescut la 84 de morți, iar salvatorii continue să caute supraviețuitori prinși sub ruine. Seismul a provocat și o cădere a rețelei de electricitate și trei alunecări de teren de-a lungul drumului dintre Majene și Mamuju. Indonezia se află pe traseul "Inelului de foc" din Pacific și are o activitate vulcanică ridicată, fiind des lovită de cutremure și erupții. Muntele Semeru, cel mai înalt vulcan din Indonezia, a început să arunce lavă și cenușă pe 16 ianuarie. Inundațiile provocate de ploi în provincia Kalimantan (insula Borneo) au ucis cel puțin 15 oameni și au dus la evacuarea a peste 100.000.

Persons: Widodo, Luni Organizations: Seismul Locations: Indonezia, Sulawesi, Kalimantanul, Sud, Java de Vest, Java, Mamuju, Majene, Pacific, Palu, Kalimantan, Borneo, Manado, Sulawesi de Nord, Cihanjuang, Jakarta

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