Cloud of smoke: A file photo of Mount Semeru spewing thick ash into the sky at Lumajang, East Java, in 2022. — AFP
MOUNT Semeru, located on the border between Lumajang and Malang in East Java, has erupted several times, spewing columns of ash into the air and prompting authorities to warn residents to stay away from the eruption area.
Data from the Semeru Observation Post in Lumajang showed that the volcano had erupted three times between midnight and 7am on Wednesday, with ash columns varying in height between 500m and 1,000m above the mountain’s summit.
