JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Mount Semeru, located on the border of Lumajang and Malang districts in East Java, erupted again on Friday (Jan 30) morning, sending ash columns as high as one kilometre above the summit.
An officer at the Mount Semeru Observation Post, Sigit Rian, said the volcano erupted three times. The first occurrence was at 4.44am local time time, sending plumes of hot volcanic ash to around 800m above its peak.
"The ash column was white to grey, with thick intensity, drifting toward the northeast and east,” he said, as reported by Antara News Agency on Friday.
Sigit said the second eruption took place at 5.16am, followed by a third at 5.52am with an ash column reaching approximately 1,000m above the summit.
The latest activity followed an eruption on Thursday, when Semeru spewed an ash column about 700m above the summit. - Bernama
