Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupts with thunderous roar, sends toxic ash nearly 10,000 feet into the air

Fox Weather ^ | 12/3/23 | staff

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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s Marapi volcano in the West Sumatra province erupted on Sunday, sending a thick plume of toxic ash and smoke nearly 10,000 feet into the air and was accompanied by a deafening roar that could be heard for miles, according to the country’s disaster management agency.

Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB) said in a news release that the nearly 9,500-foot volcano began erupting just before 3 p.m. local time Sunday, and volcanic ash rain from the eruption was reported to have occurred in the Nagari Lasi area of the Canduang District in West Sumatra’s Agam Regency.

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Saturday’s earthquake wasn’t big enough for them?

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Griffis Air Base is also now a business park, although the runways are still used and on occasion there are still planes doing military exercises on them.

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They never let truth get in the way of an agenda.

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Mount Marapi eruption: 11 hikers found dead on Indonesian volcano
Rescuers say dozens of hikers were on the volcano when it erupted on Sunday, with three found alive and at least 12 missing

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/04/mount-marapi-eruption-indonesia-hikers-found-dead

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“Mount Marapi eruption: 11 hikers found dead on Indonesian volcano”

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Thanks for that update. How awful for those hikers. I suspect they had saved money for a while and had long-made plans for that hike. How horrible for them to have their lives suddenly snuffed out by what is basically bad timing.