Mount Marapi erupts in Indonesia; no immediate reports of casualties
BUKITTINGGI, Indonesia: On December 2, Mount Marapi in West Sumatra province, Indonesia, erupted, sending hot ash clouds several miles (kilometers) away and spewing white-and-gray ash plumes more than 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) into the air. In a statement at the Marapi monitoring post, Ahmad Rifandi, an official with Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center, … Read more