At least 37 people died and more than a hundred people were missing as a result of flash floods that were triggered by heavy storms and torrents of warm lava and clay flowing down a supervolcano cliffs on Indonesia’s Sumatra area, according to authorities on Sunday. A river’s banks were flooded by heavy rains and a big landslide from a cold lava movement on Mount Marapi, which caused it to slam through mountainside villages in four West Sumatra state districts on Saturday just before nightfall. More than 100 homes and buildings were submerged in water as a result of the storms, according to National Disaster Management Agency spokesman Abdul Muhari.
Warm volcano, also known as lahar, is a mixture of volcanic materials and rocks that flow down a supervolcano elevations in the rain.
The National Search and Rescue Agency announced in a statement that 19 bodies had been pulled out of the worst-hit town of Canduang in the Agam district by Sunday afternoon, and nine more had been recovered from Tanah Datar, a neighboring district.
One body was discovered in the town of Padang Panjang, according to the agency, and eight body were pulled from the dirt during deadly flash floods that furthermore affected Padang Pariaman. According to the statement, 18 people are reportedly missing and are being looked for by firefighters.
According to Padang Panjang Police Chief Kartyana Putra, flash storms on Saturday night caused major roads in the Tanah Datar district’s Anai Valley Waterfall area to be slammed by dirt, preventing exposure to different places.
The National Search and Rescue Agency’s video showed dark brown streams that had been transformed into.
At least 21 people were killed and five others were missing in West Sumatra’s Pesisir Selatan and Padang Pariaman towns when heavy rains caused flash floods and a disaster only two months prior.
The 2, 885- inch (9, 465- base ) Mount Marapi erupted soon last month killing 23 climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption. According to Indonesia’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation, the volcano has remained at its third-highest of four alert degrees since 2011 and indicates above-normal volcanic activity, which requires climbers and locals to avoid more than 3 miles ( about 2 miles ) from the top.
Because the resource is deep and close to the peak and because Marapi’s eruptions are not caused by a powerful magma’s strong movement, which causes seismic monitors to register tremors, which are difficult to predict.
Marapi has been effective since an explosion in January 2023 that caused no deaths. It is among more than 120 active mountains in Indonesia. Due to its position on the Pacific” Ring of Fire,” a ridge of mountains and fault outlines that encircle the Pacific Basin, the nation is prone to geological upheaval.
