Residents flee in terror at the eruption of Indonesia’s Semeru volcano News

Several ash-covered villages erupted as the highest volcano erupted on the island of Java.

Indonesia’s Semeru volcano erupted on the island of Java, throwing thick columns of ash into the sky and causing panic among people living nearby.

No immediate deaths were reported in Saturday’s eruption.

Videos shared by the country’s disaster relief agency (BNPB) showed residents fleeing smoke and large ashes covering some nearby villages in the Lumajang district of East Java province.

According to records compiled by the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG), red lava falls were observed with a sliding distance of 500-800 meters, with the center of the avalanche located 500 meters below the crater. pic.twitter.com/i3IorFweRf

– BNPB Indonesia (@BNPB_Indonesia) December 4, 2021

The sudden eruption was caused by thunderstorms and rain, which caused lava and burning debris and created thick mud, destroyed at least one bridge connecting Pronojiwo and Candipuro two main towns, and obstructed evacuation in Thoriqul Haq Lumajang district. the head told television. One.

“The thick columns of ash have turned many villages into dark ones,” Haq said, and hundreds of people were taken to temporary shelters or relocated to other safe areas.

TV reports were terrified of people running under a large cloud of ash, their faces wet from the rain mixed with volcanic dust.

The 3,676-meter (12,060-foot) Semeru, the highest-density island in the country, last exploded in January with no deaths.

Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 270 million people, is experiencing earthquakes and volcanic activity in the Pacific “Ring of Fire” because it is located in a series of horseshoe-shaped fault lines. Indonesia has 128 active volcanoes.