Marapi volcano spews ash clouds a week after deadly eruption


JAKARTA: Indonesia's Marapi volcano spewed clouds of ash half-a-kilometre high into the sky on Wednesday, the country's volcanology agency said, a week after eruptions killed 23 climbers.

The 2,891-metre-(9,485-foot)-high Marapi, one of Sumatra island's most active volcanoes, erupted at around 6 a.m. local time (2300 GMT) on Wednesday morning and again at noon, Hendra Gunawan, the chief of Indonesia's volcanology agency, said.

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