Maximum alert in Java due to the eruption of the Semeru volcano

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The java island in Indonesia has suffered in recent weeks series of earthquakeswhich have awakened the semeru volcanowhich this Sunday has finally entered rash. The local authorities have issued the maximum alert to avoid a repeat deadly disaster that the same volcano caused a year ago. “Danger threatens populated areas and the activity of the volcano has intensified”, has affirmed Hendra Gunawanspokesman for the country’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Prevention, which has raised the alert risk from level three to level four.

Located in East Java, Mount Semeru is the highest on the island with a altitude of 3,676 euros. This Sunday has spit out a cloud of ash of some 1.5 kilometers high. No fatalities or injuries have been reported immediately after the eruption, but Gunawan has advised nearby residentss that they remain at least eight kilometers from the crater.

evacuation in progress

Authorities have also asked people to avoid a 13-kilometre-long area along a river southeast of Mount Semeru, where the volcanic ash cloud was moving. The local rescue group Irannala Rescue has published some videos showing a gigantic cloud rising from the crater, which completely obscures the sun Y covers the villages with ash surrounding areas, which has also been bathed in a dark fog.

The evacuation is already underway and shelters have been set up to house the displaced people. The authorities have also distributed More expensive to nearby residents to protect them from the air pollution for the ashes

The tragedy of a year ago

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Indonesia is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, where the meeting of continental plates causes strong volcanic and seismic activity. The Southeast Asian archipelago has about 130 active volcanoes.

Exactly one year ago, on December 4, 2021, Mount Semeru already erupted, killing at least 51 people. In addition, mudslides and ash engulfed villages and nearly 10,000 people had to flee their homes.



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