Indonesia's Mount Semeru has erupted, pouring ash and smoke more than 5 kilometers into the sky above Java, just days after 49 people were killed in a deadly earthquake on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, ABC News reports.
No evacuation orders have been issued so far on Java, the country's most densely populated island, but the National Disaster Mitigation Agency warned villagers living on the mountain's slopes to be alert for ongoing volcanic activity.
Agency spokesperson Raditya Jati said people around the river basin on the mountain slopes should beware of high rainfall intensity that can trigger lava floods.
