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In Indonesia, the eruption of the volcano Semeru caused a thick cloud of burning ash that killed at least 14 people and covered a dozen towns.
A huge cloud of burning ash which, like a monster, engulfed everything in its path on Saturday, December 4. Surprised and panicked, the villagers who live near the volcano Semeru on the island of Java (Indonesia) fled. Almost all of them. “A missing person was told to run away, but he did not want to abandon his cows “, says a survivor. Everywhere, the landscape is nothing but desolation. Houses, vehicles or cattle, everything was buried under a thick cloud of ash.
The eruption killed at least 15 people and injured dozens with severe burns. Despite difficult conditions, searches continue to try to find survivors. In December 2020, the mount Semeru, the highest point of the island at 3,676 meters, had already experienced a major eruption, causing the flight of thousands of people and considerable damage.
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