Semeru, the stratovolcano, is also known as Mahameru, meaning "The Great Mountain" in Sanskrit. i3IorFweRf- reports showed people screaming and running under a huge ash cloud, their faces wet from rain mixed with volcanic dust.ĭespite an increase in activity since Wednesday, Semeru's alert status had remained at the third highest of four levels since it began erupting last year, and Indonesia's Volcanology Center for Geological Hazard Mitigation did not raise it this week, Lelono said. People were advised to stay five kilometres from the crater's mouth, the agency said.Ĭatatan yang dihimpun Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG), guguran lava pijar teramati dengan jarak luncur kurang lebih 500-800 meter dengan pusat guguran berada kurang lebih 500 meter di bawah kawah. He said flows of searing gas and lava travelled up to 800 metres to a nearby river at least twice on Saturday. Rain causes dome to collapseĪ thunderstorm and days of rain, which eroded and partly collapsed the dome atop the 3,676-metre Semeru, triggered the eruption, said Eko Budi Lelono, who heads the geological survey centre. But experts warned that the dome could still further collapse, causing an avalanche of the blistering gas and debris trapped beneath it. The eruption eased pressure that had been building under a lava dome perched on the crater.
The debris and lava mixed with rainfall to form thick mud that destroyed the main bridge connecting Lumajang and the neighbouring district of Malang, as well as a smaller bridge, said Thoriqul Haq, the district chief in Lumajang. Several hundred people were moved to temporary shelters or left for other safe areas, he said, adding that a power blackout hampered the evacuation.Villagers walk next to houses covered in volcanic ash at Sumberwuluh village in Lumajang district on Sunday. "Thick columns of ash have turned several villages to darkness," said Lumajang district head Thoriqul Haq.
People were advised to stay 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from the crater's mouth, the agency said. He said flows of searing gas and lava traveled up to 800 meters (2,624 feet) to a nearby river at least twice on Saturday. Several villages were blanketed with falling ash.Ī thunderstorm and days of rain, which eroded and finally collapsed the lava dome atop the 3,676-meter (12,060-foot) Semeru, triggered the eruption, said Eko Budi Lelono, who heads the geological survey center. Mount Semeru in Lumajang district in East Java province spewed thick columns of ash more than 12,000 meters (40,000 feet) into the sky, and searing gas and lava flowed down its slopes after a sudden eruption Saturday triggered by heavy rains.
LUMAJANG, Indonesia - The death toll following the eruption of the highest volcano on Indonesia's most densely populated island of Java has risen to 13, with seven people still missing, officials said Sunday as smoldering debris and thick mud hampered search efforts. The highest volcano on Indonesia's most densely populated island of Java spewed thick columns of ash, searing gas and lava down its slopes in a sudden eruption triggered by heavy rains on Saturday. Mount Semeru releases volcanic materials during an eruption as seen from Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec.
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