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Detailed explanation-1: -Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano has erupted, sending ash billowing into the sky and sparking evacuations on the country’s main island, Java.

Detailed explanation-2: -Semeru, located in East Java, Indonesia, contains the active Jonggring-Seloko vent at the Mahameru summit.

Detailed explanation-3: -Semeru volcano eruption buries homes, damages bridge. Mount Semeru in Lumajang district in East Java province spewed thick columns of ash more than 1,500 meters (nearly 5,000 feet) into the sky Sunday.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indonesia’s Mount Semeru erupted on Sunday, blanketing roads and homes in volcanic ash and prompting evacuations of nearly 2,000 residents in East Java province, according to authorities in the country.

Detailed explanation-5: -Following Mount Semeru’s eruption in East Java Province, on 4 December, six villages in four sub-districts have been affected. The eruption has displaced 2,489 people in 11 evacuation points. No casualties have been reported and there has been no immediate disruption of air travel.