🚨Indonesia’s Semeru Violently Erupted Indonesia’s Mount Semeru has erupted violently again. Ash plumes have shot up to 16–18 kilometers into the sky, while pyroclastic flows – deadly clouds of gas, ash, and rock – have rushed more than 13 kilometers down its slopes. The authorities have raised the volcano to Alert Level 4, the highest, expanded the exclusion zone to 8 km in all directions and 20 km to the southeast, and evacuated 900 residents into schools, mosques, and shelters. Climbers on th

Video footage captures the moment a pyroclastic cloud full of volcanic gases from Indonesia’s Mount Semeru hit a bridge in East Java. The country’s volcanology agency has raised the alert to its highest level. | Al Jazeera English