BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 12:21:00
It's a very serious volcano. indonesia is full of active volcanoes, and simmer route is the tallest of a range of volcanoes. it has been very active for the last hundred years at least. we have seen predominantly pyroclastic flows, an avalanche of hot rock which entrains cooler air and can travel up to 100 kilometres per hour. that is the video footage that has come out today. they can extend, the ones that happen most recently, have gone up to ten kilometres away from the area. they are truly deadly and travel at such speed that there isn't much you can do apart from evacuate people, which is...