Hot ash tumbled as far as 3,000 meters down the slopes of Mount Semeru early Tuesday, triggering panic among villagers, said Raditya Jati, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman. Falling ash and sulfur blanketed several villages around its slopes.
Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center did not raise Semeru’s alert status, which already was at the third-highest level since it began erupting in May. Villagers and tourists are advised to stay 4 kilometers from the crater, the agency said. The Transportation Ministry said a flight warning was issued after the eruption and a local airport was closed as ash rained down on many areas of the island.
The 2,968-meter mountain is about 30 kilometers from Yogyakarta city center. About a quarter million people live within a 10-kilometer radius of the volcano.
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