Dec. 3 (UPI) --Mount Marapi erupted on Sunday in Indonesia's West Sumatra province, sending a gargantuan plume of ash and smoke almost two miles into the sky that later covered nearby towns.

Mount Marapi, a towering volcano reaching 2,891-metre high, erupted in December 2023, claiming the lives of at least 23 people. More than 50 climbers were rescued. - Bernama ...

Mount Merapi (meaning Mountain of Fire) is an active stratovolcano (or composite volcano) located in south-east Asia, on the island of Java, Indonesia, a lower middle income country (LMIC).

Mount Marapi in West Sumatra erupted on Thursday afternoon, May 30, spewing a column of ash. The column reached 2,000m above the summit, according to the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB).

BATU PALANO, Indonesia--Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano found more bodies among the climbers caught by a surprise eruption two days ago, raising the ...

It comes as an active volcano in Indonesia erupted on Thursday afternoon with authorities creating a 4.5km exclusion zone around the volatile Mount Marapi with fears it could once again take lives.

Indonesian authorities halted the search for 12 climbers on Monday after the Mount Marapi volcano erupted again, unleashing a new burst of hot ash as high as 2,629ft (800m) into the air ...

In December last year, an eruption at one of the country's most active volcanoes, Mount Marapi in West Sumatra, killed at least 24 climbers, most of them university students. And in May ...

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