Indonesia has started evacuating people living near Semeru volcano in East Java exactly one year after its last eruption, which killed 51 people.
Nearby villages were being evacuated, with no casualties or injuries immediately reported.
The eruption of the highest mountain on Indonesia's main island of Java, around 800 kilometres southeast of the capital, Jakarta, sparked evacuations of nearby villages exactlyThe increased threat level "means the danger has threatened the people's settlement and the volcano's activity has escalated", Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center spokesperson Hendra Gunawan told broadcaster Kompas TV.
Mount Semeru last erupted exactly one year ago, killing at least 51 people and damaging more than 5,000 homes.The villages were being battered by monsoon rains by the afternoon and the rainfall was mixing with volcanic ash, according to Kompas. Most residents in the two most-threatened villages have evacuated themselves, said Patria Dwi Hastiadi, spokesperson of the Lumajang Disaster Mitigation Agency.
Mount Semeru last erupted exactly one year ago, killing at least 51 people and damaging more than 5,000 homes.
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