heavy rain turned the ash into mud, adding a challenge to the rescue effort by the indonesian disaster mitigation agency. these adverse conditions have hampered the evacuation effort for the past two days. according to local officials ten people are still trapped in their homes and they are still looking for at least one missing person, meanwhile more than 900 people from villages had been evacuated to mosques, schools and village halls. rescue organisers say that for now they have received enough essential supplies like food, clothes, first aid and mask. those who had to flee their homes could not take anything with them. the houses were covered with thick volcanic ash and mud and their livestock killed in the eruption. the eruption of mount seemeru also destroyed a bridge that connected to regions in the area. a couple of villages have now been cut off,