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The total number of hikers found dead after a volcano eruption in Indonesia has risen to 13 after two more bodies were found, a local rescue official said Tuesday.

AGAM: The total number of hikers found dead after a volcano eruption in Indonesia has risen to 13 after two more...

Bout 200 rescuers will resume search operations on Wednesday for one further missing climber. The 2,891-metre high volcano in West Sumatra erupted on Sunday, spewing gray clouds of ash as high as 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) into the sky.

The search for the 10 missing hikers on Mount Marapi resumed on Tuesday after being paused due to safety worries.

AGAM: The death toll from a volcano eruption in Indonesia has risen to 22 after nine more bodies were discovered, a...

The death count from a volcano eruption in Indonesia has risen to 22 after nine more bodies were discovered, a search and rescue agency official said Tuesday.

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Mount Marapi on the island of Sumatra spewed an ash tower 9,800 feet — taller than the volcano itself — into the sky.

AGAM: The total number of hikers found dead after a volcano eruption in Indonesia has risen to 13 after two more bodies were found, a local rescue official said Tuesday.

Tuesday’s Marapi eruption spewed grey clouds of ash as high as 3km into the sky as 75 hikers were on it at the time