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Volcanic eruption in Indonesia: death toll and injuries rise, ash covered 11 villages

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It is already known about 14 dead.

< p> In Indonesia, where the Semera volcano erupts with renewed vigor , at least 14 dead and dozens of injured.

This was reported in TSN.Rank on December 6.

11 villages were covered with hot ash. In some places, houses are piled under the very roof, cars are not visible at all. Rescuers, together with police and military personnel, manually rake the ashes in search of the living.

In the meantime, more than a thousand people have already been evacuated. According to scientists, the eruption provoked a heavy downpour, due to which one of the slopes of the volcano collapsed.

By the way, Semeru has been active for more than half a century. The volcano regularly throws out ash to an altitude of almost 4.5 km. The last time it erupted was a year ago.

Let us remind you that earlier the volcano woke up in the Canaries on September 20. The authorities have raised the threat level to orange. Regional roads were blocked. The evacuation of people began. In total, the rivers of the incandescent bench have burned out almost 800 hectares of land – mostly farmland. Banana and avocado plantations were particularly affected. Previously, this happened in 1971.

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