The mountain sent up a column of smoke 3,000 meters high. It is the most active on the island of Sumatra.
He Merapi volcano, located in Western Indonesia, erupted and left a total of 23 victims. Initially, at least 52 people were rescued and the death of 11 had been confirmed. However, that number increased after rescue teams found the bodies of more victims on Tuesday.
After the Mount Merapi will release a column of smoke of 3,000 meters, Abdul Malik, head of the Search and Rescue Agency in the city of Padang, had confirmed that “they were still searching for victims.” Furthermore, he stated that “the volcano is still erupting.”
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The professionals also managed to find people alive, who were rescued. On Saturday, at least 75 climbers began their ascent to almost 2,900 meters and were trapped. From them, 52 were rescued and 11 others died.
How the volcano continues
With respect to volcano activityAhmad Rifandi, head of the Marapi monitoring post, revealed that it continues very active. Furthermore, he assured that they cannot see the height of the column “because a cloud covers it.” The eruptions on Monday and Tuesday even expelled clouds of ash to a height of up to 800 meters. Currently, the Merapi volcano is the most active on the island of Sumatra.
Testimony of a survivor of the Merapi volcano eruption
Ridho, one of the people who were on the mountain At the time of the eruption he expressed that he felt very panicked at first. “I zigzagged,” said the 22-year-old who managed to go down about 30 and 40 meters to a hiking post. Ridho also told what the eruption felt like, stating that it made a lot of “boom”, causing some people to jump.
Source: Ambito
