14 dead after Indonesia's Mount Semeru volcano erupts

The eruption of Indonesia's Semeru volcano has killed at least 14 people and injured dozens, the disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on Sunday, as search teams looked for victims in a landscape covered in deep layers of ash.

Semeru, the tallest mountain on Java island, threw up towers of ash and hot clouds on Saturday that blanketed nearby villages in East Java province and sent people fleeing in panic.

VIDEO: Reported damage from eruption of Mount Semeru volcano in Indonesia pic.twitter.com/vNm74uMWJX

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The eruption severed a strategic bridge connecting two areas in the nearby district of Lumajang with the city of Malang and wrecked buildings, authorities said.

#volcano #eruption Mount #Semeru erupts Java island #Indonesia. The state of the Gladak Perak bridge connecting Lumajang - Malang is cut off pic.twitter.com/n3P0Pc6hpb

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