Death toll of Indonesias volcano eruption rises to 22, over 30 missing

Sayuti, a 27-year-old local, carries her belongings from her damaged house in an area affected by the eruption of Mount Semeru volcano in Curah Roboan village, Pronojiwo district, in Lumajang, Indonesia, on Dec 7, 2021. - Reuters

JAKARTA (Xinhua): The death toll of Semeru volcano eruption in Indonesia's East Java province rose to 22 on Monday (Dec 6) with more than 30 people missing, while search for the victims was under way amid a potential of lava floods and hot clouds.

The rescuer team found several bodies buried in mud in Lumajang district on Monday, and the number of missing people may rise as there were sand mining activities on rivers during the eruption, said Daniel Riza, an official at the data and information centre of the district's disaster management and mitigation agency.