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THOUSANDS FLEE: Vast ash cloud prompts Indonesian island residents to flee after active volcano erupts

A rain of volcanic ash from Mt Semeru is blotting out the sun in two regions, according to witnesses and a monitoring body issued a warning of an ash cloud rising up to 50,000 ft to airlines.
Evacuations are underway, officials have said today.

Videos shared on social media show residents screaming as they run away from the ominous plume and others finding shelter from a rain of falling ash.

In some areas the sky has turned dark and infrastructure has been damaged.

The eruption took place at about 2.30pm local time. Local authorities have set up a restricted zone of three miles from the crater after it happened.

Thoriqul Haq, a local official, told Reuters that the eruption has been a 'very pressing, rapid condition'.

A road and bridge from the area to the nearby city of Malang had been severed in the aftermath as residents are trying to flee.

Campbell Biggs, a meteorologist at The Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC), told the BBC that the ash cloud was higher than the cruising altitude for most aircraft and may cause diversions.

He added it should slowly vanish.

Most planes are likely to try avoid getting caught up in its path as ash that solidifies on the cooler parts of the engine can stall or fail engines if airflow is disrupted.

Pilots' visibility and the air quality in cabins is also affected.

The centre said the ash was drifting south-west over the Indian ocean after appearing to have detached from the volcano's summit.

Mt Semeru, one of Indonesia's some 130 active volcanoes, regularly spewed up ash up to around 14,100 ft, meaning that today's eruption is unusual in severity, Mr Biggs also said.

The volcano sits 12,000ft above sea level and last erupted in December 2020.

It then spewed thick columns of ash high into the sky, triggering panic among people living nearby and leaving several villages blanketed with falling ash.

The eruption was accompanied by a thunderstorm and rain, which combined with lava and smouldering debris and formed thick mud that destroyed at least one bridge connecting two main villages of Pronojiwo and Candipuro.

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Wow. Imagine having over 130 active volcanoes in one country. Sometimes I thank God for being a Nigerian.

Waiting for pst righteousness 2 to come and scare people with his doom stories

thesicilian:
Wow

are you excited

If it's in Nigeria, It will take months for the evacuation, after embezzling Billions of dollars.

Righteousness2:
Hmmm

wetin be hmmm, if I give you hot slap u sef dey use style book space

longetivity:
are you excited

How can I be excited? I'm just amazed at what some people are going through.

longetivity:
wetin be hmmm, if I give you hot slap u sef dey use style book space

You wan slap God's anointed?

You no dey fear o

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Righteousness2:
One of the Many Signs we are living in the Last of the Last Moments, right before the return of JESUS Christ, is that Nations and People will be in a state of a Perplexity and Uncertainty, over what to do in a Difficult Situation.
This is Exactly what is Happening in our World today!

All over the Earth, the Signs of JESUS soon return are so Strong and the Evidence so Clear , that any person who does not Deceive himself/herself can see that the End is Near.

Be Prepared Folks! In a time you think not, JESUS will show up.

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TRASH as usual.

Righteousness2:
One of the Many Signs we are living in the Last of the Last Moments, right before the return of JESUS Christ, is that Nations and People will be in a state of a Perplexity and Uncertainty, over what to do in a Difficult Situation.
This is Exactly what is Happening in our World today!

All over the Earth, the Signs of JESUS soon return are so Strong and the Evidence so Clear , that any person who does not Deceive himself/herself can see that the End is Near.

Be Prepared Folks! In a time you think not, JESUS will show up.

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