1 month ago
Ahram Online
The BNPB said 1,979 people were taken to 11 shelters, with at least 6 villages affected by the eruption. "A lot of people have started to go down," Thoriqul Haq, the local administration chief for Lumajang, where the volcano is located, told Kompas TV. Most residents in the two most-threatened villages have evacuated themselves, said Patria Dwi Hastiadi, spokesperson of the Lumajang Disaster Mitigation Agency. The local rescue agency distributed free masks to the public because of the threat of polluted air to vulnerable residents. Mount Semeru last erupted exactly one year ago, killing at least 51 people and damaging more than 5,000 homes.
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