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Much rainfall and such frequent eruptions depositing fine material on the slopes, you can get very frequent mod flows which can extend even farther than the pyroclastic flows, up to 20 kilometres away. to the risk we have now is a combination of both pyroclastic flows and the mud flows, particularly to the south—east of the volcano. the pictures we are seeing are absolutely extraordinary. we are seeing homes with that huge ash cloud looking extremely close. how active is this volcano, and if it is very active on a repeated basis, is it surprising people live so close? it's extremely active. ...

Because it is so tall and because there were so much rainfall and such frequent eruptions depositing fine material on the slopes, you can get very frequent mod flows which can extend even farther than the pyroclastic flows, up to 20 kilometres away. to the risk we have now is a combination of both pyroclastic flows and the mud flows, particularly to the south—east of the volcano. the pictures we are seeing are absolutely extraordinary. we were seeing homes with that huge ash cloud looking extremely close. how active is this volcano, and if it is very active on a repeated basis, is it surpris...

The eruption in East Java that claimed 22 lives on Saturday was likely triggered by weather conditions rather than by internal unrest inside Mount Semeru, which would have been easier to monitor.

27 people are still missing. now, the hot ash volcanic gases and smoldering debris are still a threat to those living nearby. for more on this we're joined by will ripley in hong kong. i know you've been following the situation there quite closely. i have to say i've just been riveted by the pictures in an absolutely tragic way. it is hard to feature what some of these people have been through in the last few days. >> reporter: and just to know that as horrifying as what we are watching in the social media videos that are being shared and the footage of the aftermath, it pales in compare so wh...

Dealing with heavy wind, heavy rain, and when you have all of that volcanic ash that has rained down on these villages, at least 11 villages, many of them buried under ash that sometimes is as high as the actual houses that are so severely damaged. then you combine the rain with that, when it dries, it's like mixing concrete. so you have homes and buildings that are essentially and potentially bodies as well that may be very difficult to recover. some of these villages are considered a total loss. villagers who are displaced are going to have to be in limbo for at least six months, getting gov...