Watch: Volcano Erupts In Indonesia, Thousands On Alert
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Footage showed Mt. Semeru spewing a giant cloud of grey ash high above its crater, which later engulfed the mountain and turned the sky black.
Thousands of residents in Indonesia's East Java were on high alert on Monday 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. Pyroclastic flow footage from the Semeru volcano in East Java, Indonesia. Imagine seeing that thing coming toward you. Terrifying. (footage sped up 5x) pic.twitter.com/84D4Dr6IIr #Gunung#Semeru volcano Java Indonesia, eruption with pyroclastic flow, 04.12.20022, 11:41 local time, realtime speedmy prayers are with the people living there pic.twitter.com/YRh7Hd3rOA
The provincial search and rescue agency deployed teams to the worst-affected areas near Mount Semeru to assess the damage, with low rainfall giving some reprieve, Tholib Vatelehan, a Basarnas spokesperson, told Reuters.
