Indonesia bolsters recovery efforts after volcano kills 34

A man with an umbrella walks amongst damaged houses looking for his goat in an area affected by the eruption of Mount Semeru volcano in Curah Kobokan, Pronojiwo district, Lumajang, Indonesia, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo promised on Tuesday to bolster evacuation efforts and repair damaged homes after visiting the site of a volcanic eruption on Java that has killed at least 34 people.

The 3,676-metre Mt. Semeru volcano erupted on Saturday sending a cloud of ash into the sky and dangerous pyroclastic flows into villages below. [L1N2SP05Y]