WEST SUMATRA, Indonesia — Hot ash rained down on villages in the southeast of Mount Merapi after several eruptions in just the past month.
A resident caught a large cloud of volcanic ash shooting 7,800 feet into the air for nearly four minutes on Sunday afternoon, according to the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency.
The photographer fought against the prevailing wind and escaped the falling hot ash. Officials have not reported any deaths so far.
There were four separate lava flows moving a little more than a mile down the slope, according to an Indonesian news agency.
The ash mixed with heavy rain and fog and drenched two villages with muddy and sandy rain.
A camera from the Geological Disaster Technology Research and Development Center was obscured by fog, ash and rain.
Mount Merapi is considered one of the most active volcanoes in the country.
The volcano erupts every two to five years.
Smoke rises from Indonesia’s Mount Merapi during an eruption on January 9, 2024. Antonius Jagad SR/ZUMA Press Wire
Authorities have maintained the threat level at three out of four since November 2020, according to local media.
Everyone is advised to stay at least 4.3 miles from the crater.
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Source: thtrangdai.edu.vn/en/
