Semeru, Merapi barred to climbers

Tue, 07 Dec 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

BANDUNG: The government has banned mount climbing on two
volcanoes -- Semeru in East Java and Marapi in West Sumatra --
due to increased volcanic activity on the two mountains.

Mount Semeru spewed out hot ash to a height of up to 700 meters
between Nov. 26 and Nov. 29, while Mount Marapi did the same
a few days ago, said Mas Atje Purbawinata, an official at the
Directorate of Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation at the
Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG). -- Antara

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