Overview
- Indonesia’s volcanology agency has kept Mount Semeru at Level IV after repeated pyroclastic flows and heavy ash fall.
- More than 170 people stranded at the Ranu Kumbolo campsite were escorted down, and authorities say they are safe.
- Disaster officials said nearly 1,000 residents in Lumajang district were moved to government shelters.
- An 8-kilometer exclusion radius around the crater is in force, with warnings to avoid the Besuk Kobokan river corridor as authorities weigh expanding the danger area.
- Major airports in Java and Bali continue normal operations under monitoring, with no fatalities confirmed though local media reported injuries from hot ash.