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Mount Marapi on the island of Sumatra erupted on Sunday, belching a tower of ash three kilometres (1.8 miles) into the sky as 75 people were hiking in the area. | World News

AGAM, Indonesia: Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers on Tuesday were racing to find 10 hikers who went missing after a volcano eruption that killed over a dozen people.

Several hikers were rescued from the mountain, some with burns or other injuries. At least 11 bodies have been recovered, with 12 hikers still unaccounted for.

Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesias Mount Marapi volcano found 11 more bodies of climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption, raising the number of confirmed dead to 22, officials said Tuesday. One person remained missing.

Indonesian rescuers searching the slopes of Mount Marapi after the volcanos weekend eruption have found 11 more bodies

Here's all the latest information about travelling to the country after Sumatra island's latest eruption.

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Hundreds of rescuers have worked for days to find the missing hikers, which numbered 10 on Tuesday before the local rescue agencys announcement that most had been found