Indonesia’s Mount Marapi has erupted again on Sunday, spewing smoke and ash high into the air. No casualties were reported. The Marapi Volcano Observation Post in the province of West Sumatra recorded an eruption with an ash column about 1,300 metres high from its peak, followed by ash rain. Sprays of ash from the eruption […]
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Death toll from eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi rises to 23
BATU PALANO, Indonesia — Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano found the last body of climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption, raising the number of confirmed dead to 23, officials said Wednesday. About 75 climbers started their way up the nearly 9,480-foot mountain in Agam district of West […]