JAKARTA (Bernama-Xinhua): Mount Semeru, located in Indonesia's East Java province, erupted on Sunday, prompting the country's Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation to issue an aviation warning and thousands were told to be on evacuation alert.
A thick column of white-to-grey ash rose up to more than 1,000 metres into the sky, drifting northeast from the crater, according to the centre's report.
