Indonesia's Semeru volcano erupts, residents evacuated

STORY: Indonesia's Semeru volcano erupts, residents evacuated DATELINE: Dec. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. Indonesia's Semeru volcano erupts (Courtesy of Antara) 2. Indonesia's Semeru volcano erupts (Courtesy of BNPB/National Disaster Mitigation Agency) STORYLINE: Semeru volcano on Indonesia's Java island erupted on Sunday, spewing a 1.5-km high ash column, authorities said. As of Sunday afternoon, the country's Volcano Disaster Mitigation of the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) has raised its volcanic alert level for Semeru volcano to level 4, the highest level of a four-tier volcanic alert system. The authorities said they had been evacuating residents of the two nearest villages, Supit Urang village and Sumber Wuluh village, and had warned other locals to stay away at least 13 km from the eruption range. Exactly one year ago today, on Dec. 4, 2021, the Semeru volcano also erupted, killing at least 51 people and injuring 169 oth