Death toll rises on the Indonesian island of Java as the eruption of Indonesia's Tallest Volcano dumped ashes into the country's East Java region. Fatalities from the event left over 30 people dead, a dozen people missing, and 56 injured. Thousands are currently displaced as Mount Semeru continues to rumble to life yet again early this week.
The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry's Geological Agency raised the alert status of Mount Awu in North Sulawesi, from normal or level 1 to level 2, .
Indonesia’s volcanology agency is sending a team of researchers to the Mount Semeru volcano to identify areas too dangerous for villagers to stay after it erupted on Saturday, killing dozens of people on the slopes of Java island’s highest mountain