Mount Marapi Indonesia Volcano Erupts: 11 Hikers Killed As Volcano Erupts In Indonesia, Search On For 12 Others
At least 11 hikers have been found dead after a volcano erupted in western Indonesia, a local rescue official.
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At least 11 hikers have been found dead after a volcano erupted in western Indonesia, a local rescue official.
Scientists with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory issued an information statement on Monday saying there has been a 24 hour period of “elevated unrest” at Kīlauea.
The Keanakākoʻi viewing area is closed due to unsafe air quality. A plume of volcanic smoke contains sulfur dioxide, other gases and shards of volcanic glass that pose a significant risk, according to the Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Service.
This is the fifth eruption in the past four years.
Lis Gallant has spent the past two and a half years at the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on the Big Island as a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow and is joining the Department of Geology at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo as an assistant professor.