US EditionIndonesia raises alert for Mount Semeru volcano to the highest level after a series of eruptions
Authorities evacuated thousands as Mount Semeru emitted pyroclastic flows and a 54,000-foot ash cloud, prompting a top-level alert and a red aviation warning from Australia VAAC.
- On Wednesday, Indonesian authorities raised Mount Semeru's alert to the highest level after eruptions blanketed several villages with ash, the Geological Agency showed volcanic material over Lumajang, East Java.
- Despite the risks, Indonesia sits on the Pacific 'Ring of Fire,' with over 270 million people and many living on Mount Semeru's fertile slopes, which erupts frequently.
- Video and seismograph data show Mount Semeru erupted three times early today at 4.10am, 5.09am and 6.05am, with ash plumes reaching roughly 500 metres and pyroclastic avalanches traveling up to 7 kilometers, while seismographs recorded strong signals, including a maximum amplitude of 22mm and a duration of 142 seconds.
- Thousands have been evacuated to secure locations, Lumajang Regency BPBD Rapid Response Team patrolled and moved elderly people, authorities reported no casualties while The Foreign Office warned against travel to exclusion zones.
- The Australia Volcanic Ash Advisory issued a red aviation warning after ash climbed to 54,000ft, and authorities listed Besuk Kobokan, Besuk Bang, Besuk Kembar, and Besuk Sat as likely affected valleys.
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A dramatic scene unfolded in Indonesia on Wednesday when Mount Semeru—one of Java’s most active volcanoes—erupted again. It shot ash and gas high into the sky.How high? Officials say several kilometres, though thick fog made it hard to measure. What they do know is clear: it was powerful.The blast happened at 2:13 pm local time. It triggered dangerous pyroclastic flows—those fast-moving clouds of scorching gas and debris you definitely don’t wan…
The level of alert was raised to degree IV, maximum in the local scale, after registering pyroclastic flows on the mountain slope.
For the first time since 2022, the volcano Semeru has erupted on the Indonesian island of Java. According to the first reports, there are injured. And the danger is not over yet.
Nearly 1,000 evacuated as erupting Indonesian volcano covers villages with hot ash
A thick column of hot clouds rose more than a mile into the air during the eruptions from Mount Semeru on Java as lava, rock and clouds of sulphurous gas and ash travelled up to eight miles (13km) down the volcano's slopes on Wednesday.
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