LUMAJANG, Dec 8 The death toll from the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Semeru has risen to 39, authorities said today, as rescuers scrambled to retrieve more bodies under the threat of further volcanic activity. The highest mountain on the island of Java thundered to life on Saturday, ejecting.
JAKARTA, Dec 7 The death toll from the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano rose to 34 today, the national disaster agency said, as aid was rushed to the affected region. Seventeen were still missing, and almost 3,700 were displaced by the disaster, the agency’s spokesman Abdul.
The disaster swallowed entire homes and vehicles, blanketing villages like Curah Kobokan in grey ash and leaving residents terrified of returning home.