2023-12-04 02:58:19
– At least eleven dead in Indonesian volcano eruption
The eruption of Mount Merapi, on the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia, left eleven people dead, while 12 people are still missing.
Posted today at 3:58 a.m.
Merapi, 2891 meters high and whose name means “the mountain of fire”, is the most active volcano in Sumatra.
AFP
“There are 26 people who were not evacuated, we found 14, three were found alive and eleven were found dead,” said Abdul Malik, head of the Padang search and rescue agency. , speaking the day following the eruption. The eruption of Mount Merapi, on the island of Sumatra, began on Sunday at 2:54 p.m. (8:54 a.m. Swiss time).
Abdul Malik said there were a total of 75 hikers who had been on the mountain since Saturday and rescuers were trying to count them. Twelve of them are still missing and 49 have come down from the mountain, some having been taken to hospital.
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Ash ejected by Mount Merapi was observed up to 3,000 meters above its summit, Hendra Gunawan, head of the Indonesian Center for Vulcanology and Geological Hazards, said on Sunday. Rescue teams worked through the night to help hikers get to safety, the West Sumatra natural resources conservation agency said.
Merapi, 2891 meters high and whose name means “the mountain of fire”, is the most active volcano in Sumatra. According to the authorities, it is currently at the third alert level, on a scale of four. Authorities have imposed a three-kilometer exclusion zone around its crater. Indonesia is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where the meeting of continental plates causes significant volcanic and seismic activity. The country has nearly 130 active volcanoes.
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