Dozens more were injured when the highest volcano on densely populated Java island spewed a huge cloud of ash into the air
The death toll from the eruption of the Semeru volcano on Indonesia’s Java island has risen to 13, with nearly 100 more more injured, the country’s disaster mitigation agency has said.
Mount Semeru, the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java, spewed thick columns of ash more than 12,000 meters into the sky on Saturday, with searing gas and lava flowing down its slopes and triggering panic among people living nearby.