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The public, tourists and hikers have been instructed to limit activities to beyond a 1.8-mile radius from the peak.

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Mount Marapi on Sumatra, with a peak of 2,891 metres, is on the third-highest alert level

Mount Marapi in Indonesia erupts, sending ash 3 km into the sky. No immediate damage reported. Authorities impose exclusion zone

A volcano in western Indonesia erupted Sunday, belching a column of ash around three kilometres into the sky, officials said.

Rescuers recovered the body of a man buried under tons of mud and rocks from flash floods and a landslide that crashed onto a hilly village on Indonesias Sumatra island. Officials said Sunday that 11 people are still missing.

Rescuers recovered the body of a man buried under tons of mud and rocks from flash floods and a landslide that crashed onto a hilly village on Indonesia’s Sumatra island. Tons of mud, rocks and trees rolled down from a mountain late Friday triggered by torrential rain, reaching a river that burst its banks and tore through mountainside villages near the popular Lake Toba in North Sumatra province.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties after the eruption at 2:54 pm local time (0754 GMT).

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties after the eruption at 2:54 pm local time. | World News