Thousands of residents in Indonesia's East Java were on high alert after a violent eruption at the island's tallest volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8-kilometer no-go zone and forced evacuations of entire villages
The provincial search and rescue agency deployed teams to the worst-affected areas near Mount Semeru to assess damage, with low rainfall giving some reprieve, Tholib Vatelehan, a Basarnas spokesperson, told Reuters.
People fled the eruption on motorcycles, with almost 2,500 people forced to evacuate, authorities said.
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